Master poet Tommy Gaffney will read from his new book, “Whiskey Days,” at noon on Tuesday, April 29, at Columbia Gorge Community College, Hood River–Indian Creek campus. The reading is free and open to the public.

Gaffney was born and raised in Kentucky, somewhere between the projects and the trailer parks. In addition to “Whiskey Days,” he is the author of “Three Beers from Oblivion” (2006).