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Poet Bio: David Oates is the host and producer of Wordland, a program of poetry, stories, and comedy, and the former host of Great Apes (comedy), both on WUGA, Athens, Georgia's public-radio station. He ran the Athens Poetry Slam for six years and was editor and publisher of Monkey Magazine (slam poetry and satire, mostly). His books are Night of the Potato (fiction and poetry), Shifting with My Sandwich Hand, Drunken Robins and, upcoming, The Deer's Bandanna (the last three, haiku). He is a member of: the Haiku Society of America; Word of Mouth Poetry, Athens GA; and Los Donderinos writing group. His stories and poems have been published in numerous magazines, newspapers and websites. Oates has performed amateur standup, sketch, and improv. comedy, and wrote for the comic strip Shoe in the '80s. His degrees are in writing from The Univ. of Chicago and the Univ. of Illinois–Chicago. Former jobs include reporting, radio announcing, teaching, proofreading, and Burger-Chefing. He lives with his wife and son in Athens and has a grown daughter. His website is davidoatesathensga.com.

Poetry Goals: to bear witness to this world and to connect with others through sharing my work while working to improve my poetry skills.

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