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60 Seconds with Dr Joe Milford: Poet, Thinker, Very Cool Professor

      Dr. Joe Milford is an associate professor of English at Georgia Military College in Fairburn Georgia, as well as a department chair. He is also the host of The Joe Milford Poetry Show—where he interviews published poets on a regular basis and archive them doing readings of their works and discussing theories concerning writing ( http://www.thejoemilfordpoetryshow.com/ ). Why did you chose English?   Actually, I initially wanted to be veterinarian; however, as I took my core classes in college, I fell in love with literature, and the rest is English Major history… Why did you choose teaching? Actually, I never intended on being a full-time teacher or professor—I worked odd jobs as a writer for years, and at one point in my life, I fell on hard times and picked up an adjunct job teaching literature classes—I fell in love with it—and here I am, eleven years later.   If you could do one thing over in your life, what would it be? I would rethink going into my first marriag