Jim SimmermanJim Simmerman is the author of five poetry collections, most recently American Children (BOA Editions, Ltd., 2005), and the co-editor of Dog Music: Poetry about Dogs (St. Martin's). A recipient of fellowships from the Arizona Commission on the Arts, he Bread Loaf and Port Townsend Writers Conferences, the Provincetown Fine Arts Work Center, the Hawthornden Castle International Retreat for Writers, and the National Endowment for the Arts, he was a Regents' Professor of English at Northern Arizona University. Read More Read Less