In Memoriam - Jack Myers
Posted by admin on December 10, 2009 · Leave a Comment
November 29, 1941 - November 23, 2009
Jack Myers taught and directed the creative writing program at Southern Methodist University. He served on the Board of Directors of the Writer’s Garret, with his wife, Thea Temple, as its Executive Director.
Jack was a past Vice-President of the 15,000-member Associated Writing Programs, taught creative writing in the low-residency Vermont College MFA Program in Writing and in 2003 was named Poet Laureate of the State of Texas.
His work has been widely anthologized and has appeared in hundreds of literary journals, from Esquire and The Nation to POETRY and The American Poetry Review. His book of poems, As Long As You’re Happy, was a National Poetry Series selection by (Nobel Laureate poet Seamus Heaney) for 1985. He has been granted many fellowships and awards for his work: among them, two from both the National Endowment For the Arts, and two from the Texas Institute of Letters.
A Memorial Celebration for Jack Myers will be held on the campus of Southern Methodist University, Saturday, January 30th, 2010 at 3 PM in the Hughes-Trigg Theater. A reception (in Ballroom West Central) will follow at 4:30 PM.
