Tony Ray MorrisTony Morris was born in North Carolina and spent his childhood in Georgia and Kentucky. Until his mid-thirties, he worked odd jobs (bicycle repairman, window glazer, and encyclopedia salesman) and then as a machine operator. In 1992 Morris quit his pper factory job for journalism. He began writing poetry in 1995, and earned a Ph.D in English from Florida State University. He currently teaches at Georgia Southern University. He is the associate editor of Southern Poetry Review and director of the Ossabaw Island Writers' Retreat. Read More Read Less