He was born around the corner from Herman Melville’s home in Troy, New York, and graduated with degrees in physics from St. Bonaventure and medical physics from the University of Colorado. His first book of poems, Compassionate Imperialism (and its links to terrorism), was published in 2004. He currently teaches math at Cuyahoga Community College’s Metropolitan Campus, and lives in Lakewood with his wife, Karen Cook, and their son, Jackson. Posted by