years_active article_title name birth_date background genre origin birth_name occupation
1970 's - present baxter black
 baxter black 2 january 1945 non_performing_personnel cowboy poetry las cruces , new mexico baxter black american veterinarian cowboy , poet , philosopher , radio commentator
baxter black

baxter black -lrb- born january 10 , 1945 -rrb- is an american cowboy , poet , philosopher and former large-animal veterinarian .
he is also a radio and television commentator .
black grew up in las cruces , new mexico .
he was trained as a large-animal veterinarian at new mexico state university and colorado state university , but began writing and speaking in the early 1980s .
black left his veterinary career and later published more than a dozen books of fiction , poetry and commentary .
he is a regular commentator for national public radio 's `` morning edition '' and also hosts a syndicated weekly radio program , `` baxter black on monday '' .
he writes a syndicated weekly newspaper column , `` on the edge of common sense . ''
he currently resides in benson , arizona .
