Geffrey Davis reads "What My Father Might Say, If I Let Him Speak" from Issue 53 of The Collagist. He also discusses the inspiration of his poem and recommends the Organic Weapons! Arts spotlight in Issue 57, particularly Rachel McKibbens' poems, "Mammoth," "Giants," and "Rochester, NY" from her new chapbook, Mammoth.
Geffrey Davis holds degrees from Oregon State University and Penn State University. He is the author of Revising the Storm (BOA Editions, 2014), winner of the A. Poulin, Jr. Poetry Prize. Other awards include the Anne Halley Poetry Prize, the Dogwood Prize in Poetry, the Wabash Prize for Poetry, the Leonard Steinberg Memorial/Academy of American Poets Prize, nominations for the Pushcart, and fellowships from the Cave Canem Foundation and Penn State's Institute for the Arts and Humanities.
Recent poems have appeared in Crazyhorse, Green Mountains Review, The Greensboro Review, Hayden's Ferry Review, The Massachusetts Review, Mississippi Review, Nimrod, [PANK], Sycamore Review, and elsewhere, and have been reprinted at The Feminist Wire and Verse Daily. Part of his work as a literary citizen involves promoting the work of others. To this end—a former editor and founding member—he serves on the board of directors for Toe Good Poetry.
Davis grew up in Tacoma, WA. He joins the MFA faculty at The University of Arkansas.