Poet, Writer, Editor

Just before my son was born, I finished a term as Artist in Residence at Everglades National Park, very near where much of Peninsular Scar takes place. Since he was born, much of my work involves pregnancy, birth, and parenthood. Read the first poem published from this group in Massachusetts Review, here.

Poems have also recently appeared in Bone Bouquet, Fence, ZYZZYVA, Bennington Review, and Prairie Schooner. Manuscripts have recently been recognized at presses such as Sundress Publications and Tupelo Press, where my first full-length collection In case it's catching it quick that's important was shortlisted for the Dorset Prize, with judge Ilya Kaminsky saying that “There is an intricacy to the emotion, both watched, and lived-through, that is compelling” (read the poem he references, published in Midway Journal, here).

In 2017 I received Grand Prize in the Summer Literary Seminars Fiction and Poetry contest and read poetry in Tbilisi, Georgia. I also received Grand Prize in the Matrix Magazine LitPOP Poetry Award, judged by Eileen Myles.

When I'm not writing poetry, I write book reviews, blog posts, and middle-grade nonfiction books and graphic novels. I also edit books, proposals, talks, and scholarly papers.

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