Base Camp: Poems

Steve Nolan did his undergraduate work at the University of Miami in English and Psychology and his masters at Barry University, in clinical social work, also in Miami, Florida. He is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who spent 25 years as a therapist and 30 years in the military ending his career as the Chief of Combat Stress for Paktika Province in Afghanistan. He ran a PTSD clinic for the VA for five years before moving to Newtown in 2015. His work has been published in: Passages North, U.S. 1 Worksheets, Florida Review, Woodrider, Devil's Millhopper Press, Gypsy (Amnesty International Edition), Schuylkill Valley Journal and others. His poems were featured on Morning Edition, National Public Radio, 24 September 2007 upon his return from Afghanistan in a story called, "Mother, Son Share Experiences of War." He is the author of Go Deep, a collaboration with the artist NJ DeVico.