Walter BargenWalter Bargen has published 26 books of poetry including: My Other Mother's Red Mercedes (Lamar University Press, 2018), Until Next Time (Singing Bone Press, 2019), Pole Dancing in the Night Club of God (Red Mountain Press, 2020), You Wounded Miracle (Liliom Verlag, 2021), and Too Late To Turn Back (Singing Bone Press, March, 2023). He was appointed the first poet laureate of Missouri (2008-2009). His awards include: a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship, Chester H. Jones Foundation Award, and the William Rockhill Nelson Award. He currently lives outside Ashland, Missouri, with his wife and sixteen cats. Read More Read Less