from Elizabeth & James: Riding from Darkness into Light

George Garrett (1929–2008) served as the Poet Laureate of Virginia from 2002 to 2006. The recipient of a 2004 Lifetime Achievement Award from the Library of Virginia and the 2006 Carole Weinstein Poetry Prize, he taught for many years at both Hollins University and the University of Virginia. Bad Man Blues: A Portable George Garrett is available from Southern Methodist University Press.