Benjamin Myers | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1975 (age 48–49) |
| Occupation | Poet essayist educator musician |
| Nationality | American |
Benjamin Myers (born 1975) is an American poet, essayist, educator, and musician. In 2015, Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin appointed Myers the twentieth poet laureate of Oklahoma.[1] He has written three books of poetry, and his poems have appeared in many nationally prominent periodicals.[2]
Myers was raised in Chandler, Oklahoma, United States, by parents who were both writers themselves, his mother being well-known young-adult novelist Anna Myers and his father writing poetry.[3] Myers earned his bachelor's in English from The University of the Ozarks and his Ph.D. in literature from Washington University in St. Louis.[3] Myers teaches at Oklahoma Baptist University, where he is the Crouch-Mathis Professor of Literature.[2]
Myers has written essays on poetry and on liberal arts education for several Oklahoma-based magazines, such as Oklahoma Today and Oklahoma Humanities, as well as for national conservative magazines First Things and The Imaginative Conservative.[2]
In addition to his literary work, Myers is a musician, playing bass in the rock band Flying Armadillo.[4]
