Jim Simmerman (1952 - 2006) was the author of four poetry collections including American Children, published by BOA in 2005. His collection Home (Dragon Gate Inc.,1983) was selected by Raymond Carver as a Pushcart "Writer's Choice" Selection; and Moon Go Away, I Don't Love You No More (Miami University Press, 1994) was nominated for a National Book Award and a Pulitzer Prize. A long time contributor to Prairie Schooner, Simmerman received fellowships from the Arizona Commission on the Arts, Bread Loaf and Port Townsend Writers' Conferences, the Fine Arts Work Center, and the National Endowment for the Arts.