Sam Renken
Sam Renken, cowboy and poet.
Sam Renken lives in McDonough, GA. He and his wife, Maggie, are parents of a 5 year-old daughter, Zuri, and a three-year-old daughter, Ella. Sam received his M.A. in Literature from Clemson University and an M.F.A. in Poetry from the University of Wyoming. Sam’s poems have been published in Main Street Rag, The Pinch, Plainsongs, South Carolina Review and Xavier Review. His first collection of poetry, “Where to Start,” won the Holland Prize and will be published in 2011 by Logan House Press. Sam is a Registered Representative for Mutual of Omaha, a cowboy, a poet, and therefore a man of at least three costumes.