G. C. Waldrep Explained

G. C. Waldrep
Birth Name:George Calvin Waldrep III
Birth Date:1968
Birth Place:South Boston, Virginia
Nationality:American
Education:Harvard University

Duke University

  • University of Iowa
    • Genre:Poetry

    G. C. Waldrep (born George Calvin Waldrep III; 1968) is an American poet and historian.

    Biography

    Waldrep was born in South Boston, Virginia. He 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 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, Beloit Poetry Journal, 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.

    He wrote an article about spinoff groups from the Old Order Anabaptist groups that no other scholar had covered and was thus widely received.[8]

    In 2010 he was appointed to be the final judge of the Akron Poetry Prize.[9]

    In 2012, he co-edited the poetry anthology The Arcadia Project.[10]

    He is a member of the Old Order River Brethren.[11]

    Awards

    Bibliography

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    External links

    Notes and References

    1. Web site: Could Not Find - Authors - BOA Editions. boaeditions.org. 2015-04-28. 2015-09-25. https://web.archive.org/web/20150925194941/http://www.boaeditions.org/authors/waldrep.htm. dead.
    2. Web site: NEA Writers' Corner: G.C. Waldrep. https://web.archive.org/web/20080917094150/http://arts.endow.gov/features/writers/writersCMS/writer.php?id=07_40 . 2008-09-17 . dead. National Endowment for the Arts. 2015-04-28.
    3. Web site: G. C. Waldrep || Bucknell University. https://web.archive.org/web/20080404233745/http://www.bucknell.edu/x37428.xml. 2008-04-04. dead. 2015-04-28.
    4. Web site: Masthead. kenyonreview.org. 2015-04-28.
    5. Book: New American Writing. 2006. 24. Oink! Press. 0893-7842. 2015-04-28.
    6. Book: The Seneca Review. Hobart Student Association. Hobart College. William Smith College. William Smith Student Association. 2005. v. 35-36. Hobart Student Association. 0037-2145. 2015-04-28.
    7. Web site: Tea Ceremony . G.C. Waldrep . Gulf Coast: A Journal of Literature and Fine Arts . 2012-06-27.
    8. https://www.questia.com/library/journal/1G1-218190812/the-new-order-amish-and-para-amish-groups-spiritual The New Order Amish and Para-Amish Groups: Spiritual Renewal Within Tradition
    9. Web site: The University of Akron : 2014 Akron Poetry Prize Winner. uakron.edu. 2015-04-28.
    10. Web site: The Arcadia Project. https://web.archive.org/web/20190301013414/https://ahsahtapress.org/book/joshua-corey-arcadia/ . usurped . March 1, 2019 .
    11. G.C. Waldrep: The New Order Amish And Para-Amish Groups: Spiritual Renewal Within Tradition, in The Mennonite Quarterly Review 3 (2008), page 417.

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