Four-time winner of the Georgia Press Association's Best Humor Column
“I have gotten bad news and am much the worse for it. “I’ve just found out I’m not the nation’s poet laureate. “I made a great effort. I put up a good fight. “But instead the job went to a guy named Charles Wright. “Burma Shave.” The preceding stanza should tell you I got hosed. I would have made a great poet laureate. But, alas, the good folks at the Library … [Read more...] about July 14, 2014: The Job Of Waxing Poetic Can Be Quite Frenetic
Dick is a sought-after speaker and speaks regularly to groups all around Atlanta and the Southeast. He is in high demand on the local as well as regional circuit. Some examples of local groups where he has appeared include businesses, Rotary Clubs, church groups, hospitals, Kiwanis Clubs, school districts, and many other organizations and events.
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Yarbrough received over 1,000 email responses last year – both positive and negative. Though most of the emails he receives support his viewpoints, one thing is for sure: Dick Yarbrough’s column speaks to people and they respond. Here is a sampling of email responses Yarbrough has received in the past:
July 2021: Dick's NEW Edition of his popular book 'And They Call Them Games' -- a look back at the 1996 Olympics Just in time for the 25th anniversary of the Olympic games in Atlanta, Dick's book has been re-released and is available now on Amazon. If you're a fan of Dick, or the Olympics -- or both! -- you won't want to miss this! > Follow this link to order. February 2020: Grady-Yarbrough Fellows Announced for Spring … Read more... about News