Loren Goodman graduated from Kobe University's PhD program in Sociology in 2005 with a dissertation on the life stories of Japanese professional boxers. He is the author of Famous Americans, selected by W.S. Merwin for the 2002 Yale Series of Younger Poets, Suppository Writing (2008) and New Products (2010). Goodman is an Associate Professor of Creative Writing and English Literature at Yonsei University/Underwood International College in Seoul, Korea, and serves as the UIC Creative Writing Director. [Poetry]