Calvin Olsen holds an MFA in Creative Writing from Boston University, where he received a 2011 Robert Pinsky Global Fellowship. His poetry and translations have appeared in Nashville Review, Catch & Release, Salamander, SWAMP, and the anthology Lay Bare the Canvas: New England Poets on Art, among others; and he has presented work at a variety of venues, including TEDxNewEngland and the Blacksmith House Poetry Series. He currently lives and teaches in Boston and can be found on Twitter @cal_olsen.