Phillip HowertonPhillip Howerton, a sixth generation Ozarker, was brought upon a small farm in southern Dallas County, Missouri. After spendingseveral years as a milk truck driver, a production worker, and a beeffarmer, he earned degrees in English, history, and eduation fromDrury University and a doctorate in English from the University ofMissouri-Columbia. He has taught English at colleges and universitiesin the Ozarks for more than twenty years, is co-founder and co-editorof CAVE REGION REVIEW and general editor of ELDER MOUNTAIN: A JOURNAL OF OZARKS STUDIES, and his essays, reviews, and poems have appeared in a wide variety of journals. He received the 2019 Missouri LiteraryAward from the Missouri Library Association. Read More Read Less