Cal Freeman is the author of the books Fight Songs (Eyewear 2017) and Poolside at the Dearborn Inn (R&R Press 2022). His writing has appeared in many journals, including The Poetry Review, Berfrois, The Moth, Oxford American, River Styx, and Hippocampus. His writing has been anthologized in The Poet's Quest for God (Eyewear 2016), I Wanna Be Loved By You: Poems On Marilyn Monroe (Milk & Cake Press 2021), and What Things Cost: An Anthology for the People (University Press Kentucky 2022). He is a recipient of the Devine Poetry Fellowship (judged by Terrance Hayes, winner of Passages North's Neutrino Prize, and a finalist for the River Styx International Poetry Prize. Born and raised in Detroit, he teaches at Oakland University and serves as Writer-In-Residence with InsideOut Literary Arts Detroit.