Roger Jones (born 1954) is an American

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Life

Roger Jones received his B.A. and M.A. at

Sam Houston State University Sam Houston State University (Sam Houston, SHSU or Sam) is a public research university in Huntsville, Texas, United States. Founded in 1879, it is the third-oldest public college or university in Texas. It is one of the first normal schools wes ...

, before earning his Ph.D. from

Oklahoma State University Oklahoma State University (informally Oklahoma State or OSU) is a public land-grant research university in Stillwater, Oklahoma, United States. The university was established in 1890 under the legislation of the Morrill Act. Originally known ...

in 1986. He has had a wide publication record over the past thirty years that includes poetry in traditional western forms as well as

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and

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. Jones currently teaches at

Texas State University Texas State University (TXST) is a public university, public research university with its main campus in San Marcos, Texas, United States, and another campus in Round Rock, Texas, Round Rock. Since its establishment in 1899, the university has ...

in San Marcos, Texas, for the Texas State University MFA. He lives in

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with his wife and two children.

Awards

* Texas Review Poetry Chapbook Prize, 1980 * Academy of American Poets Prize, 1984 * Texas Review Southern/Southwestern Breakthrough competition award, 1993 * Texas Review Press Poetry Prize, 2008

Works

* ''Remembering New London'' (Texas Review Press, 1981) * ''Strata'' (Texas Review Press, 1993) * ''Are We There Yet?'' (Texas Review Press, 2006)

References

External links

Texas State MFA Faculty Page
in ''Simply Haiku'' {{DEFAULTSORT:Jones, Roger 1954 births Living people American male poets English-language haiku poets English-language poets Texas State University faculty Sam Houston State University alumni Oklahoma State University alumni Poets from Texas