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The main library at the University of Georgia is located on the historic north campus. UGA's library system contains more than 3.9 million volumes, making it the largest academic library in Georgia. The library is also home to the University of Georgia Press.
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The University of Georgia Press, founded in 1938, produced its first catalog of books in 1940. At that time the press had published eight books, including its first title, Segments of Southern Thought, by Edd Winfield Parks, and its first volume of poetry, Marguerite, the Sister and Wife of Kings, by Rae S. Neely.
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Shoppers browse books at the Leed's Books display at the Decatur Book Festival in 2011.
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Founded by poet and novelist David Bottoms and fiction writer Pam Durban, Five Points printed their first issue in the fall of 1996.
The spring 2005 issue of the Georgia Review features the work of Savannah artist Nancy Terry Hooten. A photograph of her beaded figure, The One Who Came Before (1998), appears on the cover. A literary journal founded in 1947 at the University of Georgia, the Georgia Review features fiction, poetry, book reviews, and full-color visual art.
Stanley Lindberg served as editor of the Georgia Review from 1977 until his death in 2000. He is credited with transforming this regional literary magazine into an award-winning journal that regularly publishes the work of some of the nation's most renowned writers.
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Each year The Chattahoochee Review publishes a special-focus issue. Past themes include "The South," "Ireland," "The Animal," and "Skin."
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The Chattahoochee Review, founded in 1981 at Georgia Perimeter College (later Georgia State University's Perimeter College), publishes both established and emerging writers, with an emphasis on writers from Georgia.
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The theme "Ireland" was the special focus of The Chattahoochee Review 's fall/winter issue in 2012. The artistic mission of the journal, published by Georgia State University's Perimeter College, is "Exporting the South. Importing the World."
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