Gary L. McDowell

Gary L. McDowell is a poet and academic based near Nashville, Tennessee. He teaches English and creative writing at Belmont University. His first full-length collection, American Amen, won the 2009 Orphic Prize. His chapbook They Speak of Fruit was the first title Cooper Dillon Books published. He has also co-edited a prose poetry field guide with F. Daniel Rzicznek.