Martin Woodside is a writer, educator, and founding member of Calypso Editions. He earned his MFA and a MeTara certificate in Children’s Literature from San Diego State University and a Ph.D. in Childhood Studies from Rutgers-Camden in 2015. His current book, Frontiers of Boyhood: Imagining America Past and Future (Oklahoma University Press), explores the cultural interplay of boyhood and frontier mythology in nineteenth-century America. Woodside has published five children’s books, collections of poetry, and translations of Romanian poetry. He has taught for nearly two decades and serves as an Assistant Principal in the School District of Philadelphia.