Jeff Calhoun recently received a BS in Biology from the University of Dayton. He will soon begin a PhD program in biomedical science at the University of Michigan. His writing credits include 2River View, Lily, Softblow, Poetry Midwest, Stirring, and Triplopia. His recent chapbook is freely available online from Lily Press and is entitled Navigating the Throes of Concrete Ravines. When he’s not mining the human genome for patterns or found poems, he’s probably dreaming about banana pancakes or chocolate milkshakes.

In answer to our question of why he writes, Jeff responded:

“There is something elusive about writing a good poem that excites me. I imagine it partially explains the reason I like performing experiments, the feeling that you are the only person in the world that knows the outcome right when the experiment is complete. After that, there is the opportunity to share it with others, which is often as enjoyable as the ‘chase’ itself.”

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