Meikle Gardner is a writer, poet, musician, and visual artist living in Brooklyn, NY. He holds a MFA in studio art with a focus on painting and a BFA in the studio arts with a minor in philosophy and religion. He was born in Clinton, Oklahoma and moved to Texas when he was three years old. He moved to Memphis, TN for graduate school and remained there for ten years except for two years when he returned to Texas to record two albums. New York City is where he currently lives and works.