Waldrep was born in South Boston, Virginia.
He currently teaches at Bucknell University,[3] where he edits the journal West Branch.
[4] His work has appeared in Poetry, Ploughshares, Boston Review, Beloit Poetry Journal, Colorado Review, Gettysburg Review, New American Writing,[5] American Letters & Commentary, Seneca Review,[6] Tin House, Quarterly West, Octopus, Harper's, Gulf Coast[7] and elsewhere.
[8] In 2010 he was appointed to be the final judge of the Akron Poetry Prize.
[9] In 2012, he co-edited the poetry anthology The Arcadia Project.