Poetry! Athens, GA

Poet G.C. Waldrep will read from his work. Waldrep is the author of two books: Southern Workers and the Search for Community (Illinois, 2000), winner of the Illinois Prize for History, and Goldbeaters Skin (Center for Literary Publishing, 2003), winner of the Colorado Prize for Poetry. His poems have appeared in Poetry, Ploughshares, Gettysburg Review, Verse, Boston Review, and New American Writing. Waldrep has a Ph.D. in American History from Duke University and will graduate this spring with an MFA in poetry from the University of Iowa Writers' Workshop. Friday, Jan. 28, 4:30 p.m. in Park Hall 265.