Grounded in the rural south, Myths of Electricity connects this world to 
the universal subjects of time, memory, and loss. "Thoughts on 
Human Beauty in the Y Locker Room" and "Bad Angels" delve into the 
flawed human condition. These poems and others in the collection 
explore the intersections where the seemingly disparate themes of 
faith and doubt, beauty and decay, as well as religion and science all 
meet.

    "Kevin Meaux's poetry is a delight. He gives that wonderful, odd 
sensation of brilliant poems: even though you read them silently, his 
words seem literally tactile in your mouth. Myths of Electricity is an 
exciting debut volume."—Robert Olen Butler
    
    "Kevin Meaux's Myths of Electricity is an electrifying book. His subjects 
range from snake handling to Mikola Tesla, discoverer of the rotating 
magnetic field; from walking ghosts to bad angels; from Halley's 
Comet to the prophecies of nature; from his grandfather's farm to his 
parents' magical early marriage. Whatever the subject, Meaux writes 
with deep sympathy and tact in exciting language. He can even make 
poetry of imperfect bodies in a locker room! It has been some time 
since I've so greatly admired a chapbook."—Robert Phillips, Series 
Judge

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KEVIN MEAUX was born in Kaplan, Louisiana, and educated at the 
University of Louisiana at Lafayette.  He is now teaching at Lamar 
University in Beaumont, Texas.  His writing has received numerous 
awards, including a Ruth Lilly Fellowship as well as a Louisiana 
Division of the Arts Artist Fellowship. His poems have appeared in 
such journals as The Southern Review, Poetry, Prairie Schooner, and 
Shenandoah.