Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing Faculty

Kodac Harrison

Kodac Harrison earned a BS from Ga. Tech, and a MBA from Tulane, then committed himself to a life as an artist. Since then, he has made 18 recordings of original music and spoken word, embarked on 8 tours of Europe, co-edited 5 anthologies of poetry, and sold his original paintings. Kodac held the visiting McEver Chair of Poetry at Ga. Tech in 2010. In 2013, he released his first book on Poetry Atlanta Press, which is a retrospective of poems and lyrics entitled The Turtle and the Moon. In the winter of 2015, Senate Records released an audio version of his book. Kodac was chairman of Poetry Atlanta for 12 years and hosted the award winning Java Monkey Speaks for 15 plus years. In 2016, Kodac Harrison was awarded one of the McEver Visiting Chairs in Community Outreach by Poetry at Ga. Tech. www.kodacharrison.net