I am a writer, artist, and educator. I teach at Burlington City Arts and the Current: A Center for Contemporary Art. I recently served as the Managing Director of the Sundog Poetry Center. I have previously taught at the Vermont College of Fine Arts, the Vermont Commons School, Champlain College, University of Iowa, and the Shelburne Craft School. I have an MFA in creative writing from Iowa and a BA in poetry and printmaking from the University of Vermont. My published books include: Walter Benjamin: Reimagined, MIT Press, The Highs and Lows of Shapeshift Ma and Big-Little Frank, Gold Wake Press, Tropicalia, Vagabond Press, Sagittaria, Bottlecap Press, Predator/Play, Ethel Press, Uranian Fruit, Honeybee Press, and Image Burn, a limited edition art book. I have worked for The Iowa Review, McSweeney’s Quarterly, The Believer, and The Lucky Peach. My work has been published in The New York Times,Poetry Northwest, The Iowa Review, The Green Mountain Review, Vice, Lithub, The Moscow Times, The Examined Life Journal, Gastronomica, Electric Lit, Edible magazine, Mount Island, Fourth Genre, and Vol. 1 Brooklyn.
MY BOOKS CAN BE FOUND AT THE FOLLOWING LIBRARIES AND LOCATIONS:
The MIT Press bookstore in Boston, MA
Powell’s Bookstore in Portland, OR
Phoenix bookstore in Burlington, Vermont
Crow bookstore in Burlington, Vermont
Flying Pig Bookstore in Shelburne, Vermont
Ebenezer Books in Johnson, Vermont
Bear Pond Books in Montpelier, Vermont
Rabble Rouser in Montpelier, Vermont
Fletcher Free Library, Vermont
University of Vermont library, Burlington, Vermont
St. Johnsbury Academy Library, St. Johnsbury, Vermont
The Hive art gallery in Middlesex, Vermont
Prairie Lights bookstore in Iowa City
Trident Booksellers & Cafe in Boulder, Colorado
Beaverdale Books in Des Moines, Iowa
Volumes Bookcafe in Chicago, Illinois
Mac’s Backs bookstore in Cleveland, Ohio
Wolverine Press Publick House in Fort Collins, Colorado