Ohio’s first official poet says writing isn’t work

Ohio’s first official poet laureate is a nuclear radiologist. Writing, though, was Amit Majmudar’s first love. Gov. John Kasich selected Majmudar for the honor, which was announced on Thursday. “I was a literature person for years before I became a doctor,” said Majmudar, who lives in Dublin with his wife and three children. “Medicine is my work, but I don’t regard writing as work. I regard it as play. It’s how I relax and unwind.”