VALDOSTA — Author Brian Turner will visit Valdosta State University next week.

Turner will host a reading at the Student Union Theater on VSU’s campus at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 24, to share excerpts from his books and answer questions. The reading is open to both VSU students and the public.

The next day, Thursday, Jan. 25, at 1 p.m. Turner will host a writing workshop class. The workshop will only be available to students attending VSU.

Both events will be free to attend.

Turner is the author of multiple poetry collections including “The Wild Delight of Wild Things,” “The Goodbye World Poem” and “The Dead Peasant’s Handbook.” These collections touch on the subjects of love, loss and grief through poetic meditations as Turner explores his relationships with his recently deceased wife, father, and best friend.

His poems and essays have been published in The New York Times, The Guardian, National Geographic, Harper’s, among other fine journals, and he was featured in the documentary film “Operation Homecoming: Writing the Wartime Experience,” which was nominated for an Academy Award.

A Guggenheim Fellow, he has received a USA Hillcrest Fellowship in Literature, the Amy Lowell Traveling Fellowship, the Poets’ Prize, and a Fellowship from the Lannan Foundation. He lives in Orlando, Florida, with his dog Dene.