We are excited to welcome poet, artist, and musician Kodac Harrison for a reading and book signing. Kodac’s memoir, Chasing My Vagabond Heart: A Musical Journey, was published by Poetry Atlanta Press last year. 

“What memoir is worth reading that doesn’t encompass a unique journey and a hard-won ambition through a decades-long era of dramatic societal change? If you love music, if you’ve ever wanted fame, if you’ve ever taken risks, diverged from others’ expectations, gotten carried away by drugs, alcohol, serial lovers, and almost died, indeed, if you’ve ever poured everything you have and are (and could be) into your own impossible dream, why, Kodac Harrison’s Chasing My Vagabond Dream will speak volumes to and for you. Read on if you want to learn more from the life and lessons of this small-town Southern white boy turned world-traveling singer/songwriter/poet, whose musical hero is Otis Redding, and whose philosophical hero is Martin Luther King, Jr.” –The Reverend Jill Oglesby Evans, Atlanta, Georgia

Kodac Harrison grew up in Jackson, Georgia. and after earning a BS from Georgia Tech, and an MBA from Tulane, he committed himself to a life as an artist. He played his first professional gig at a place called “East of Eden” in Salinas, California. Since then, he has made twenty recordings of original music and spoken word, embarked on eight tours of Europe, co-edited six anthologies of poetry, and sold his original paintings. Kodac held the visiting McEver Chair of Poetry at Georgia Tech in 2010 and again in 2016. In 2013, he released his first book, 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 a dozen years and started, as well as hosted, the award winning Java Monkey Speaks for fifteen and a half years.  In 2023, he released his latest album “Lovin’ Soul.”