The Poetry Society of Georgia 2009-10 Reading Series culminates at 7 p.m., Tuesday, April 20 with a reading by poet Kelly Whiddon. The reading will be held at the Telfair Academy of Arts and Sciences, 121 Barnard Street in Savannah. The cost is $10 for general audience and $5 for students with valid ID, minors under 18 and seniors.

Kelly Whiddon has published poems in Crab Orchard Review, Meridian, Poetry International, Spoon River Poetry Review, South Dakota Review, and Slipstream, among others. Verse Daily online poetry has featured her poems. Whiddon's interests include creative writing (poetry and fiction), 20th century American literature and women's studies. She is the creative writing organizer for the Crossroads Writer's Conference in Macon, GA.

The series is co-sponsored by the Telfair Museum of Art, Southern Poetry Review, AASU's Department of Language, Literature and Philosophy, The Live Oak Public Libraries, the Book Lady bookstore, the Savannah Book Festival and the Grassroots Arts Program.

The Grassroots Arts Program is supported in part by the Georgia Council for the Arts (GCA) through the appropriations of the Georgia General Assembly and administered by the City of Savannah's Department of Cultural Affairs. GCA is a partner agency of the National Endowment for the Arts.