Background
Meek, Jay was born on August 23, 1937 in Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States. Son of Edwin and Shirley (Peterson) Meek.
Meek, Jay was born on August 23, 1937 in Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States. Son of Edwin and Shirley (Peterson) Meek.
He graduated from University of Michigan in 1959, from Syracuse University with a master"s degree in creative writing in 1963.
Visiting writer Sarah Lawrence College, Bronxville, New York, 1980-1982. Visiting associate professor Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1982-1983. Visiting poet University Memphis, 1984.
Poet-in-residence Wichita (Kansas) State University, 1990. Writer-in-residence Memorial University Newfoundland, St. John's, Canada, 1996. Professor emeritus University North Dakota, Grand Forks, since 1985.
Board directors St. Ives Press, Grand Forks, North Dakota, 1994-2004. Member advisors group Bush Artist Fellowship, Minneapolis, 1995-1997.
(A collection of fictional letters written by Jay Meek.)
(A collection of new and selected poems by Jay Meek.)
Married Martha George. 1 child, Anna George.