G.C. Waldrep

George Calvin Waldrep (born 1968 South Boston, Virginia) is an American poet and historian. [1]

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Biography

Waldrep earned undergraduate and doctoral degrees in History at Harvard University and Duke University, respectively, before receiving an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Iowa.[2] He was visiting professor at Kenyon College,[3] and editor of Kenyon Review. He currently teaches at Bucknell University,[4] where he also directs the Bucknell Seminar for Younger Poets.[5]

His work has appeared in Poetry, Ploughshares, Boston Review, Colorado Review, Gettysburg Review, New American Writing,[6] American Letters & Commentary, Seneca Review,[7] Tin House, Quarterly West, Octopus, Harper's, and elsewhere.

In 2010 he was appointed to be the final judge of the Akron Poetry Prize.[8]

Awards

Work

Non-Fiction

References

  1. ^ "Prop Rockery by Emily Rosko wins 2011 Akron Poetry Prize". http://www.uakron.edu/uapress/akron-poetry-prize/poetryprizewinner.dot. 
  2. ^ http://boaeditions.org/authors/waldrep.htm
  3. ^ a b http://arts.endow.gov/features/writers/writersCMS/writer.php?id=07_40
  4. ^ http://www.bucknell.edu/x37428.xml
  5. ^ http://www.bucknell.edu/x3724.xml
  6. ^ http://books.google.com/books?id=OuhZAAAAMAAJ&q=G.C.+Waldrep&dq=G.C.+Waldrep&client=firefox-a
  7. ^ http://books.google.com/books?id=VfJZAAAAMAAJ&q=G.C.+Waldrep&dq=G.C.+Waldrep&client=firefox-a
  8. ^ http://www.uakron.edu/uapress/akron-poetry-prize/poetryprizewinner.dot
  9. ^ http://www.ugapress.uga.edu/FOC_Waldrep.html

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