The Southern Poetry Anthology, Volume IV

Paul Ruffin, Volume Co-editor, founder of Texas Review Press, is Texas State University System Regents' Professor and Distinguished Professor of English at Sam Houston State University. He is author of many books of poetry, essays, and fiction. Ruffin served as the 2009 Texas Poet Laureate.

William Wright, Series Editor and Volume Co-editor, is author of two collections of poetry: Dark Orchard (Texas Review Press, 2005) and The Ghost Narratives (Finishing Line, 2008). His recent poems appear in Epoch, AGNI, North American Review, Colorado Review,Indiana Review, Tar River Poetry, and Southern Poetry Review. Wright is founding editor of Town Creek Poetry.