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Ryan Wilson (poet)
Ryan James Wilson (born December 14, 1982) is a poet, editor, translator, literary critic, and academic from Baltimore, Maryland. He is the C.F.O. and Office Manager of thAssociation of Literary Scholars, Critics, and Writers editor of Literary Matters', and an award-winning poet, essayist, and literary translator. His first collection of poetry, The Stranger World', was published in June 2017. In 2019, his monograph, ', was published by Wiseblood Books, and in 2021 his Proteus Bound: Selected Translations, 2008-2020' was published by Franciscan University Press. Ryan Wilson received an Honorable Mention for his poem For a Dog in the Rob Frost Farm Poetry contest in 2015. Personal life In December 1982, Wilson was born in Griffin, Georgia. He grew up in Macon, Georgia, and graduated from Tattnall Square Academy in 2000. He earned a B.A. (English) from the University of Georgia, an M.F.A. (Poetry) from Johns Hopkins University, and an M.F.A. (Poetry) from Boston University in 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Griffin, Georgia
Griffin is a city in and the county seat of Spalding County, Georgia. It is part of the Atlanta metropolitan area. As of the 2020 census, the city had a population of 23,478. Griffin was founded in 1840 and named for landowner Col. Lewis Lawrence Griffin. Griffin Technical College was located in Griffin from 1963 and a branch of Southern Crescent Technical College is in Griffin. The Griffin Synodical Female College was established by Presbyterians, but closed.Florence Fleming Corley, "The Presbyterian Quest: Higher Education for Georgia Women," ''American Presbyterians,'' 1991, Vol. 69 Issue 2, pp 83-96 The University of Georgia maintains a branch campus in Griffin. History The Macon and Western Railroad was extended to a new station in Griffin in 1842. In 1938, Alma Lovell had been distributing religious Bible tracts as a Jehovah's Witness but was arrested for violating a city ordinance requiring prior permission for distributing literature. In ''Lovell v. City of Griffin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
