Right now, the object of study is the subject of the self for the benefit of others, and it requires a quiet place to discipline the mind.
Laurence Musgrove
Currently residing in Saint Charles, Illinois, Laurence is a professor of English at Angelo State University where he teaches composition, literature, and creative writing from a Buddhist perspective.
Laurence received his BA in English from Southwestern University in Georgetown, Texas, and his Ph.D. in English from the University of Oregon, Eugene. He taught previously at the University of Southern Indiana in Evansville and Saint Xavier University in Chicago.
His poetry has appeared in a variety of regional and national publications, including Southwestern American Literature, Voices de la Luna, The Windhover, descant, Drunken Boat, Windward Review, Inside Higher Ed, riverSedge, and San Antonio Express-News.
Laurence offers workshops on the five causes of beauty in poetry, drawing-to-learn, and the six foundations of the Buddhist wisdom tradition.