Jeffrey Spahr-Summers (a.k.a. ZZ Baggins) started writing poetry over 30 years ago while living in South Africa. Jeff is a photographer and the editor/publisher of The Poetry Victims. He is a former Chicago stage poet, founder of The Chicago Poetry Agenda and a former active board member of The Tulsa Arts and Humanities Literary Arts Council. A former member of The Greater Dallas Community of Writers, Jeff has conducted and participated in numerous poetry workshops and feature readings in the U.S.A. He lives in Longmont, Colorado, and works in an historic hotel in downtown Boulder, Colorado.