Bourque, Darrell

Darrell Bourque's poetry collections include Call and Response and In Ordinary Light, New and Selected Poems. He is professor emeritus in English at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette where he served as the first Friends of the Humanities Honor Professor. He also served as Louisiana Poet Laureate in 2007-2008 and from 2009-2011. He lives in rural St. Landry Parish with his wife, Karen, who is a glass artist.