Extenuating Circumstances

Charles Halsted graduated from Stanford University and University of Rochester School of Medicine & Dentistry. His distinguished career at the University of California, Davis, School of Medicine included teaching, clinical practice, and biomedical research that led to 105 original research papers, two books, and dozens of book chapters, review articles, and editorials. He also served ten years as editor-in-chief of American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. He prepared for his career as a poet in courses offered by Stanford Continuing Studies and in poetry workshops, including the Community of Writers at Squaw Valley and the Poetry Workshop with Edward Hirsch at Tor House. His poems have appeared in three dozen journals and anthologies, including Hektoen International, Medical Literary Messenger, The Moon, Sisyphus, and Snapdragon and in his three poetry collections: Breaking Eighty, Extenuating Circumstances, and On Razor-Thin Tires.