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Poet, teacher, husband, dad. Pilgrim.
Andrew Calis first wrote a poem in elementary school. It was about a really, really tall tree. Now a high school English teacher and the editor-in-chief of Dappled Things, he still loves to marvel at the created world and share his enthusiasm for language and stories.
Andrew holds a Ph.D. in English Literature from The Catholic University of America. His book Which Seeds Will Grow? (Paraclete, 2024) was nominated for a Pushcart Prize and the PEN/Voelkner Award, and his poetry and essays have been featured in the Academy of American Poets’ Poem-a-Day series, The Atlantic, America, and elsewhere.
He was also featured on SportsCenter when a student juked him out so badly, he almost injured himself on the last day of school.
He lives with this and other humbling experiences near Baltimore with his wife and children.
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