MORE ABOUT GEFFREY DAVIS

Davis's literary achievements include fellowships from Bread Loaf, Cave Canem, the National Endowment for the Arts, the Vermont Studio Center, and the Whiting Foundation, the latter recognizing his involvement with The Prison Story Project, an initiative that empowers incarcerated individuals to reclaim their stories through writing.

Davis currently teaches in the University of Arkansas’s Program in Creative Writing and Translation. He also serves as core faculty at the Rainier Writing Workshop’s low-residency MFA program and as poetry editor of Iron Horse Literary Review. Check out his website

WHAT IS THE GEORGIA POETRY CIRCUIT?

Founded at Mercer University in 1985, the Georgia Poetry Circuit is a consortium of ten Georgia colleges and universities working together to bring three poets of national and international reputation annually to all members’ campuses, providing an important access to the literary arts for Georgia residents across the state.

At each school, each Circuit poet gives a free and open reading of his/her work. Visiting poets also meet with creative writing students at each campus for workshops, talks, or extended question and answer sessions. In addition to the opportunity to hear work from diverse writers of national and international reputation, the Circuit events provide Georgia students with an immensely valuable educational opportunity for interaction with many of the best contemporary poets in and outside the United States. Past GPC poets include Adrian Matejka, Aimee Nezhukumatathil, Sholeh Wolpe, Kevin Prufer, and Kim Addonizio, Patrick Rosal, Chen Chen, Ashley Jones and so many others!