Reviewer Thomas Drinkard: Thomas is a graduate with a degree in English from the University of North Alabama. He is a novelist and poet and his poetry has been published in Negative Capability, Elk River Review, Cotton Boll/Atlanta Review and others. For several years he was president of Alabama State Poetry Society and editor of the annual anthology, "The Sampler." According to Thomas, his real education came as a result of ten years as a U.S. Army Special Forces (Green Beret) soldier, living in Asia for much of that time.