Howard S. Carman, Jr. grew up in Memphis, TN. He moved to Texas after high school and received degrees in chemistry from Texas Christian University (B.S.) and Rice University (M.A., Ph.D.). He enjoyed a 30-year career as a research and development chemist and retired in 2018. Trained and widely published in technical writing during his career, he first developed an interest in reading and writing poetry later in life. He self-published his first poetry collection (But Now I See: Rhymes and Reflections) in 2017. Since then, his poetry has won awards from the Poetry Society of Tennessee and the National Federation of State Poetry Societies. His poetry appears in multiple volumes of Tennessee Voices Anthology, We Were Not Alone: A Community Building Artworks Anthology, and Black Moon Magazine. He presently serves on the Board of Directors of the Poetry Society of Tennessee as Treasurer and Membership Chair. Howard lives in East Tennessee with his wife, Karen.

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