Professor of English postmodern poet
He received a Bachelor degree in philosophy from Columbia University (1991), a Master of Fine Arts degree in poetry from the University of Arizona, and Doctor of Philosophy degrees in English literature and sociology from State University of New York at Buffalo (2006) and Kobe University, respectively.
Goodman is a native of Wichita, Kansas. Merwin compared Goodman to the Dadaists and said the aim of his poetry is "plain ridicule” and the "revelation of nonsense” in the form of “comic writing” (Foreword, 2003, pp vii, ix). During his studies in Japan Goodman trained as an amateur boxer.
He has also written on Japanese boxing culture, including a case study with interviews of professional middleweights Keitoku Senrima, Hisashi Teraji, Yoshinori Nishizawa, Tetsu Yokozaki, Kevin Palmer, Hiromi Amada, and Nobuhiro Ishida.
