JACK MYERS, the 2003-2004 Texas Poet Laureate, is author/editor of seventeen books of and about poetry. He has taught creative writing at Southern Methodist University since 1975 and is a former member of the faculty at Vermont College's graduate writing program. His work has received the Violet Crown Award from the Writers' League of Texas, fellowships from The National Endowment for the Arts, and awards from The Texas Institute of Letters. He has four children and lives with his wife, Thea Temple, who is Executive Director of The Writer's Garret, in Mesquite, Texas.
