Travis Blankeship (B. 1984, Daviess County, Kentucky). He recently taught an Advanced Poetry workshop at the University of Mississippi. He received his BA in English from Western Kentucky University (2007) and his MFA in Creative Writing (Poetry) from the University of Mississippi (2011).

Travis is the founder of the Goldenrod Poetry Festival and has experience working with at risk youth and teaching English. He was a finalist for the HUB-BUB AiR Program this past year and we are thrilled that he’s accepted to fill our vacant spot in the program mid-year.

Read more from Travis on his tumblr site.

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