Jack Elliott Myers Writer

Jack Elliott Myers (November 29, 1941 – November 23, 2009), was an American poet and educator. He was Texas Poet Laureate in 2003, and served on the faculty of Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas for more than 30 years. He was director of creative writing at SMU from 2001 through 2009. Myers co-founded The Writer's Garret, a nonprofit literary center in Dallas, with his wife, Thea Temple. He published numerous books of and about poetry, and served as a mentor for aspiring writers at SMU and as part of the writers' community and mentoring project of The Writer's Garret.

Personal facts

Jack Elliott Myers
Birth dateNovember 29, 1941
Birth place
Lynn Massachusetts , Massachusetts
Date of deathNovember 23, 2009

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External resources

  1. http://writersgarret.org/downloads/jm-4109.pdf
  2. http://writersgarret.org/jackmyers.shtml
  3. http://www.writersgarret.org