G.C. Waldrep

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G.C. Waldrep
Born George Calvin Waldrep III
1968
South Boston, Virginia
Nationality American
Education Harvard University;
Duke University;
University of Iowa
Genre Poetry

G.C. Waldrep (born 1968 South Boston, Virginia as George Calvin Waldrep III) is an American poet and historian.

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.[1]

He was visiting professor at Kenyon College,[2] and editor of Kenyon Review. He currently teaches at Bucknell University,[3] where he directs the Bucknell Seminar for Younger Poets and edits the journal West Branch.[3] He also serves as Editor-at-Large for The Kenyon Review.[4]

His work has appeared in Poetry, Ploughshares, Boston Review, Colorado Review, Gettysburg Review, New American Writing,[5] American Letters & Commentary, Seneca Review,[6] Tin House, Quarterly West, Octopus, Harper's, Gulf Coast[7] and elsewhere.

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

He is a member of the Old Order River Brethren.[9]

Awards

  • Academy of American Poets
  • North Carolina Arts Council
  • 2001 Illinois Prize for history
  • 2003 Colorado Prize for Poetry, for Goldbeater's Skin
  • 2005 Campbell Corner Poetry Prize
  • 2006 Alice Fay di Castagnola Award, Poetry Society of America
  • 2007 NEA grant [2]
  • 2008 Dorset Prize, for Archicembalo

Bibliography

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Non-Fiction

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References

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  9. G.C. Waldrep: "The New Order Amish And Para-Amish Groups: Spiritual Renewal Within Tradition." in Mennonite Quarterly Review 3 (2008), page 417.

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