VSU Discusses Southern Author Harry Crews Oct. 13

Dr. Ted Geltner, an associate professor in VSU’s Department of English, published Blood, Bone, and Marrow: A Biography of Harry Crews in 2016.

VALDOSTA — Valdosta State University will present “Blood, Bone, and Marrow: An Evening on Southern Author Harry Crews” from 5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 13, in the Odum Library Auditorium.

Faculty, staff, students, retirees, alumni, and friends of the university are welcome to attend.

Dr. Ted Geltner, an associate professor in VSU’s Department of English, will read excerpts from his critically acclaimed 2016 book, Blood, Bone, and Marrow: A Biography of Harry Crews, published by University of Georgia Press.

Dr. David Buehrer, a professor in VSU’s Department of English, will moderate a discussion of Crews’s works.  

“Crews was one of South Georgia’s very own,” shared Dr. Myrto Drizou, an assistant professor in VSU’s Department of English. “Raised on a South Georgia tenant farm, he grew to be a unique journalist, novelist, and memoirist. He developed one of the most memorable voices in American letters that continues to haunt readers and critics of his work.”

This event is presented free of charge by VSU’s Department of English.

Contact Dr. Myrto Drizou at mdrizou@valdosta.edu to learn more.