A former poet laureate of Oklahoma, Benjamin P. Myers is the author of four books of poetry and one previous book of nonfiction. His poems, essays, and stories have appeared in Image, First Things, Rattle, The Yale Review, and many other places. At Oklahoma Baptist University, Myers directs the Great Books honors program and is the Crouch-Mathis Professor of Literature. He is a contributing editor for Front Porch Republic and writes from Chandler, OK.