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Georgia Perimeter College

Georgia Perimeter College, the third largest institution of the University System of Georgia, serves more than 20,000 students through six locations in metro Atlanta, Alpharetta, Clarkston, Dunwoody, Decatur, Lawrenceville and Newton County. GPC boasts one of the most diverse populations in the USG system, with students representing more than 140 countries. GPC offers degrees in 39 liberal arts programs; degrees and certificates in career programs; Continuing Education and Corporate Training Certificate Programs. We are one of the top 100 associate degree-granting institutions in the nation and the 20th fastest-growing two-year college in the United States. GPC offers the most online courses of any educational institution in Georgia, and has the most Joint Enrollment students. The Chattahoochee Review literary magazine is a nationally recognized literary journal sponsored by Georgia Perimeter College. Our purpose, a twenty-five year literary tradition, is to publish original writing of literary merit. Each quarter, we publish the best in creative writing, essays, fiction, literary criticisms; everything you've come to expect from a celebrated literary magazine. The Writers Institute brings together the College's writers and literary publications to create a new center for the literary arts at GPC.

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  • Lutheran minister Bradley Schmeling discusses the political, social, and moral ramifications of being an openly gay pastor.
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    Georgia Perimeter College
  • Jeff Sliz, one of the premier criminal defense lawyers in Gwinnett County, Georgia, explains how the legal system works from a defense attorney's perspective.
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    Georgia Perimeter College
  • William Julius Wilson, a professor of sociology at Harvard University and winner of the American Sociological Association's Sydney Spivack Award, talks about his book, There Goes the Neighborhood: Racial, Ethnic, and Class Tensions in Four Chicago Neighborhoods and Their Meaning for America.
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    Georgia Perimeter College
  • Mark Bixler, author of *The Lost Boys of Sudan* and staff writer at *The Atlanta Journal Constitution*, discusses the Sudanese conflict and challenges facing refugees.
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    Georgia Perimeter College
  • Charles McNair, author of *Land O'Goshen*, introduces and interviews author Chuck Palahniuk about his latest bawdy release, *Snuff*. This event is co-sponsored by the Georgia Center for the Book. Advisory: Adult Content. Some of Palahniuk's other books include *Rant*, *Diary*, and *Haunted*. Palahniuk lives in the Pacific northwest.
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    Georgia Perimeter College
  • Lita Hooper is joined by other academicians to read from her poem, *The Journal of Sojourner Truth*. The poem is based on *The Narrative of Sojourner Truth* by Olive Gilbert, and brings to life a woman's journey from slavery to freedom.
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  • Georgia Perimeter College honors student Victoria White presents her work on how Chinese propaganda was used by that government to help control the behavior of its citizenry. The event is part of the *The 20th Annual Dr. Francine King Social Science Colloquium*.
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  • Lawrence Hill talks about his new book, *Someone Knows My Name* at The Writers Institute of Georgia Perimeter College. Also known as *The Book of Negroes* in Canada, it is a work of fiction based on an actual British ledger of the same name that lists black loyalists who were relocated after the American Revolutionary War.
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    Georgia Perimeter College
  • Author Karin Slaughter talks off the cuff about her latest installment, *Fractured*. This event comes to AFN from The Writers Institute at Georgia Perimeter College and the Atlanta Writers Club.
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    Georgia Perimeter College
  • Luis Alberto Urrea, a member of the Latino Literature Hall of Fame and a 2005 Pulitzer Prize finalist for nonfiction discusses his latest novel, *The Hummingbird's Daughter*, set during the Mexican Revolution of 1910. By addressing historical and cross-cultural issues in his fiction and presentation, Urrea provides insight into the controversy that surrounds immigration today. Co-sponsored by the Jimmy Carter Library and Museum.
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    Georgia Perimeter College