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I've published five poetry collections: Magpies and Crows (Ravenna Press, 2021), Borrowed Trouble, Dust and Stars: Miniatures (Cholla Needles Press, 2019 and 2018), Brazil, Indiana: A Folk Poem (Kelsay Books, 2017) and Coyotes I Couldn't See (Red Bird Chapbooks, 2016). Hobo Radio, a spoken-word album of my poems featuring original music by Charlie Parr, was released by Corrector Records in early 2021.

My jokes, poems, reviews and short stories have appeared in numerous print and digital publications, including Alba, The American Journal of Poetry, Anti-Heroin Chic, Appalachian Journal, The Bark, Black Bough Poetry (Wales), Conduit, Cowboy Jamboree, CutBank, Daily Drunk Magazine, Dark Mountain (England), 8 Poems, elimae, The Evergreen Review, ...more

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Available 1-1-2021 from Corrector Records

My spoken-word album of poems from five books, featuring music by Charlie Parr, is now available.

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