About

I am a poet, publisher, scholar, teacher, and public artist.

My poems and critical writing have been published in journals in the US, UK, Canada, and Australia. I’ve published two full-length books of poetry—THE END (Sidebrow, 2019) and NEVERAGAINLAND (Lowbrow/ H_NGM_N)—and a dozen poetry chapbooks and artist books. My third book, a collection of short essays called The Dead the Living and the Bridge, is forthcoming from Meekling Press in April 2025. From 2009-2012, I ran the Pocket Lab Reading Series in Minneapolis with my partner, Jeff Peterson. Between 2012 and 2022, I occasionally curated poetry readings in New York City and online with various collaborators.

The founding editor of DoubleCross Press, I have taught and created programs at Minnesota Center for Book Arts and The Center for Book Arts (NY). Both through DoubleCross and independently, I produce small-edition handmade books and letterpress poetry broadsides. I’ve made broadsides for organizations and groups including Belladonna* Collaborative, Woodland Pattern Book Center, Rain Taxi Review of Books, the Center for Book Arts, and more.

I’ve taught courses in English Literature, Creative Writing, and Book Arts at Franklin & Marshall College, Lebanon Valley College (where I was an Assistant Professor of English and Creative Writing), New York University (where I did my PhD in English Literature and held two one-year post-doctoral fellowships) and the University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa (where I received my MFAs in Creative Writing and Book Arts), as well as at a wide variety of community organizations.

My work has been supported by grants from NYU, the University of Alabama, the Mellon Foundation, the T.S. Eliot Foundation, Poets House, the Wordsworth Summer Conference, the Minnesota State Arts Board, and Art Shanty Projects. I live in St. Paul, MN with my partner, Jeff and our kitty, Dakota.