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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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  • 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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  • Jill McCorkle shares what she thinks is distinctive about the South, including humor, nostalgia, iced tea, and the fine art of storytelling. This is the keynote address of Georgia's 2006 Townsend Prize for Fiction. The Townsend Prize for Fiction is awarded biennially to the Georgia writer judged to have published the best work of fiction in the previous two years. The prize was founded in 1980 in honor of founding editor of Atlanta Magazine, Jim Townsend. Past recipients include respected Georgia authors Celestine Sibley, Alice Walker, Terry Kay, Ha Jin, and others. Books are brought to the attention of the judges through communication from publishers, agents, and in some cases authors themselves. The final nominees are then selected by The Chattahoochee Review.
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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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  • Terry Kay and Judson Mitcham, both winners of the Townsend Prize, are celebrated for combining powerful language and a keen insight into humanity in their work.
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  • Morris Dees Jr. discusses the founding of the Southern Poverty Law Center and talks about his experience with this group. **Morris Dees Jr.** is famous for his crusade against white supremacist hate groups, and known for his landmark cases, which forced groups such as the Ku Klux Klan and the Neo-Nazis to disband. Dees' work has been fictionalized in a 1991 movie called *Line of Fire: The Morris Dees Story*, as well as in numerous books.
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  • 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 presents Vincent Cornell, an ASA Griggs Candler professor of Middle East and Islamic studies at Emory University, shares his knowledge of Islam. **Vincent Cornell** was professor of history and director of the King Fahd Center for Middle East and Islamic Studies at the University of Arkansas from 2000 to 2006. He is a research specialist in Morocco, Egypt, Tunisia, Malaysia, and Indonesia.
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  • Lynn Gregory, a researcher on intercultural communication and education at the University of Vermont, discusses how perceptions affect the media and how the media affect perceptions.
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    Georgia Perimeter College
  • Georgia Perimeter College convenes a panel from the Negro Leagues to discuss the history of African Americans and baseball, primarily focusing on how the past affects the present and future. The Negro Leagues, formed for African American players in the late 19th century, provided a forum for black baseball teams until the 1950's. The league launched the careers of baseball icons such as Jackie Robinson, Hank Aaron, and Willie Mays, and remains an important part of baseball history in America. James R. Moore played with the Atlanta Black Crackers, Newark Eagles, and Baltimore Elite Giants. Harold Wade played professional baseball with the Minnesota Twins and Boston Red Sox organizations. He went on to become Atlanta Metropolitan College President and to have a 42-year career in higher education. Lawrence Williams played for the Kansas City Monarchs and worked for the Ford Motor Company.
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  • Alistair MacLeod discusses his writing, which focuses on cultural, historical, and immigration themes, and emphasizes the importance of the past on the present.
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