A Living Archive

Where Urdu lives in Atlanta

Our Buford Highway reading room gathers twenty-five years of community stewardship into an open physical home for South Asian poetry, rare volumes, and living conversation.

Twenty-five years

Enduring community numbers

25+

years of stewardship

900+

cataloged volumes

2025

permanent sanctuary

Weekly programs

Open cultural circles

Every weekend our space hosts collaborative writing tables, intergenerational language instruction, and evening verse recitations over warm chai.

Writing Circle
Instruction
Poetry Assembly

Writers workshops

Urdu language classes

Mushaira poetry nights

Bi-weekly collaborative drafting tables for bilingual essays, translated prose, and craft critique among diaspora authors of all experience levels.

Beginner and intermediate literacy courses teaching Nastaliq script mechanics, conversational cadence, and poetic vocabulary for all ages.

Traditional evening gatherings celebrating metered couplets, visiting reciters from across North America, and spontaneous open-floor readings.

Our commitment

Ink and cadence passed across generations under one shared roof.

What began twenty-five years ago in the trunks of three cars now rests on open shelves along Buford Highway, keeping classic verses and living dialogue accessible to every reader.

Join our reading room

Open Tuesday through Sunday for focused study, literary discovery, and quiet conversation. Pull up a chair, open a volume, and take part in Atlanta's living literary circle.