{"640018":{"#nid":"640018","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Karen Head Named Fulton County\u0027s Inaugural Poet Laureate","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.iac.gatech.edu\/people\/faculty\/head\u0022\u003EKaren Head\u003C\/a\u003E, associate professor in the School of Literature, Media, and Communication, was mentioned in\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003EAtlanta INtown\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/em\u003Efor her accomplishment of being the inaugural Poet Laureate of Fulton County.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EHead, who was confirmed for the post in late September by the Fulton County Board of Commissioners, will work to promote poetry and literary activities in Fulton County through her term.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EExcerpt:\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cblockquote\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;The establishment of the poet laureate for Fulton County assists in our efforts to reach diverse communities using poetry as a vehicle for literary competency and understanding,\u0026rdquo; says Lionell Thomas, FCAC Director, \u0026ldquo;The role of the Poet Laureate is to enrich Fulton County\u0026rsquo;s artistic community and foster an appreciation of poetry in all forms celebrating expressions of culture through the literary arts.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;The enormous responsibility of originating this program and representing the nearly 1.1 million people in Fulton County is not lost on me. I am humbled and honored to have been selected,\u0026rdquo; says Head, \u0026ldquo;I\u0026rsquo;m excited about the good I know we can work together to affect. I am committed to all the people in our County, and I am passionate about the role of the arts, not only to help prepare people to have more successful and meaningful lives, but also to improve the communities in which we live.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/atlantaintownpaper.com\/2020\/10\/karen-head-announced-as-fulton-countys-inaugural-poet-laureate\/\u0022\u003ERead the full article here.\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"35266","created_gmt":"2020-10-08 16:01:50","changed_gmt":"2020-10-08 19:55:26","author":"ifrazer3","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"sammie hansen","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"https:\/\/atlantaintownpaper.com\/2020\/10\/karen-head-announced-as-fulton-countys-inaugural-poet-laureate\/","dateline":{"date":"2020-10-05T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2020-10-05T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"639391":{"id":"639391","type":"image","title":"Karen Head","body":null,"created":"1600788283","gmt_created":"2020-09-22 15:24:43","changed":"1600788283","gmt_changed":"2020-09-22 15:24:43","alt":"","file":{"fid":"243103","name":"download (11).jpeg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/download%20%2811%29_0.jpeg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/download%20%2811%29_0.jpeg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":20781,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/download%20%2811%29_0.jpeg?itok=6C3LUOX3"}}},"media_ids":["639391"],"groups":[{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"},{"id":"1283","name":"School of Literature, Media, and Communication"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"1616","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"},{"id":"167943","name":"School of Literature Media and Communication"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}