"Myers' main strength is providing order and clarity for powerful 
emotions through a deceptively plain-speaking style. . . . These 
well-crafted poems arrive through varied and circuitous routes at 
moments of true feeling."—New York Times Book Review

"Myers' work has long been known for its wit, humor, and crazy 
reflections on contemporary life, all reinforcing a usually painful 
theme or awareness. The cliché 'laughed till I cried' comes to 
mind, with irony. Big irony."—American Poetry Review

"That the brilliance of Jack Myers' poetry is not widely known and 
spoken of has baffled me for a long time. He is as swift-witted as 
Hermes, wickedly knowledgeable of human nature, tragically 
funny and hilariously forgiving. This is a sleekly-crafted poetry of 
metaphorical daring and acrobatic insight, and it is also profound 
human art."—Tony Hoagland, author of  Sweet Ruin

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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.