PW Covington was born in Victorville, CA in 1974. Born into a military family, Covington moved often as a child before his family settled in the south Texas town of Cuero, just before he started high school. After four semesters at Victoria College, he enlisted in the United States Air Force, where he served with the 2nd Mobile Aerial Port Squadron, deploying to both southwest Asia and Somalia in his duty as an Air Transportation Specialist. Covington began writing poetry after leaving the Air Force, during a period of homeless wandering that took him to the Bay Area of California, cities across the southwestern US, and Mexico's Copper Canyon region. He has worked as a day laborer, a merchant mariner, a zookeeper, a radio disc jockey, a political campaign staffer, a steel worker, as ground crew for a major US airline, a back-country canyon guide, a truck driver, and as a mental health peer counselor, among other endeavors. PW Covington has served time in Texas jails and prisons, and has written extensively about those experiences. His work has been included in both underground, independent, 'zines and journals published by academic institutions such as University of Texas Pan American, Our Lady of the Lake University, and South Texas College. More information about the writer can be found online at www.PWCovington.com .