Caleb Jagoda…

talks in aphorisms until those closest to him demand he stop—but hey, you know what they say: Buy the ticket, take the ride. Caleb is a poet, journalist, and lord of the living room with a burning passion for a good half-soup, half-sandwich meal deal. He is an MFA poetry student at the University of New Hampshire, where he also received his BA, in English and journalism, in 2021. Previously, he’s worked as assistant editor at New Hampshire Magazine, and reported for America’s Test Kitchen’s “Proof” podcast, Down East Magazine, and Beer & Weed Magazine. He’s published poetry in Blue Earth Review, Y2K Quarterly, South Florida Poetry Journal, Gigantic Tentacles Magazine, Qu, Santa Clara Review, Folio Literary Journal, Shadowplay, Inscape Journal, and The Queens Review, among other places. His debut chapbook, Hunting, is available through Bottlecap Press. And – one last thing, I swear – he and his pals started a creative collective called Neon Snooze, that publishes a magazine every now and again.

With respect to brevity, the following is a list of things Caleb loves, in no particular order: Richard Linklater flicks (but especially Dazed and Confused); an ice-cold Miller High Life; quoting Vince Vaughn at random; pick-up basketball; “The Man” by Roc Marciano; shooting the breeze; and occasionally living la vida loca. His favorite writers include Ross Gay, Jesse Nathan, Mekeel McBride, Helen Oyeyemi, Bob Kaufman, billy woods, and Yusef Komunyakaa. When he isn’t holding court at a dimly-lit watering hole or embracing his youth, you can find Caleb out on the town, digging the scene.