ABOUT THE AUTHOR

BAXTER BLACK is one of the bestselling poets in America. In the tradition of humorists like Robert Service, Mark Twain, and Will Rogers, he examines his corner of Americana and sheds light on the whys and the why nots of humanity.

His job, as he describes it, is to “turn over our sanctimonious stones, locate our flaws and foibles, and wrap them in hunter’s fluorescent orange. To nudge that fine line between good taste and throwing up in your hat.”

Baxter can be seen “on the road” entertaining the agricultural masses, heard on National Public Radio puzzling the urban intelligentsia, or found in the company of interesting domestic and nondomestic beasts.

He lives in Cochise County, Arizona, amid the cactus and Gila monsters, and runs a few cows. It’s not a bad life.