Visit this site and you'll be treated to a short biography of the author, full-text versions of six of his poems, and seven links to Jarman exhibits elsewhere on the Web. A good starting point for your research on the famous writer.

Georgia Southern University: Mark Jarman
http://www2.gasou.edu/facstaff/rflynn/jarman.html

Click here to access an excellent biographical and critical essay, along with many other useful bits of information, such as notes on various poems, and a list of writings about the author.

BIOGRAPHY
Mark Jarman (b. 1952) was born in Mount Sterling, Kentucky. His father, a clergyman, moved the family to California to serve at the First Christian Church in Santa Maria. When he was six the family moved again, this time to Scotland when his father took a ministerial position at the St. Clair Street Church of Christ, and then settled back in California three years later. Jarman received a B.A. in literature from the University of California in Santa Cruz and an M.F.A. in poetry from the University of Iowa. His first full-length poetry collection, North Sea (1978), reflected on his childhood in California and Scotland, his father's work as a minister, and his own faith in God. Jarman revisited similar themes in his next two collections, The Rote Walker (1981) and Far and Away (1985), while developing his skill as a narrative poet. In 1990 he published The Black Riviera, winner of the 1991 Poet's Prize. With his next book, Iris (1992), Jarman expanded his narrative technique into a book-length epic poem based loosely on the life of his grandmother. In addition to his two other collections, Questions for Ecclesiastes /I>(1997) and Unholy Sonnets (2000), Jarman was also the cofounder and editor of the poetry journal The Reaper. Since 1983 he has taught English at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee.