is an associate professor of English at the University of South Carolina as well as a writer in residence at the Riverbanks Botanical Gardens in Columbia, South Carolina. His essays on politics and culture have been featured in many newspapers and journals and featured on NPR. He was selected by editor Natasha Trethewey for inclusion in the anthology Best New Poets of 2007.
Panel: Saturday, 1:30-2:30 pm, Capitol Library; Sign: Saturday, 2:30-3:00 pm, Signing Colonnade
