Poet. professor. writing facilitator.
Painting: Kate Proudman. "Lily Briscoe's Painting." Inspired by Virginia Woolf's novel,
_To the Lighthouse_
Check out my forthcoming books!
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Forthcoming from Resource Publications, an imprint of Wipf and Stock Publishers (2022).
Jesus dismissed the Canaanite Woman. Nevertheless, she persisted. Learn more here.
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Forthcoming from Unsolicited Press (2024).
Jesus meets a handsome man from Sodom. What would a queer Jesus do? Learn more here.
recent Writing Awards
2021 DIAJ Award
My poem "Lazy Eye" was awarded the 2021 DIAJ Award by the journal Door is a Jar for "capturing a unique balance of introspection and acceptance that speak so loudly to what it means to be human," writes journal editor Maxwell Bauman. Check out the poem "Lazy Eye" here, published in Issue 20, Fall 2021.
New and forthcoming publications
Tomorrow and Tomorrow
Modern Fiction Studies
Tomorrow and Tomorrow
My two poems "One of the Wise Men Explains Why He Became an Astronomer" and "Yeshua Rereads the Iliad's Final Line. It Speaks to Something Deep Inside Him" are forthcoming in Tomorrow and Tomorrow in Spring 2022. Enjoy more of my poems here.
Our Church Too
Modern Fiction Studies
Tomorrow and Tomorrow
Take a peek at my two short poems, "I Wish" and "Almost," commissioned by Our Church Too for their Christmas Wish List series. Enjoy more of my poems here.
Modern Fiction Studies
Modern Fiction Studies
Modern Fiction Studies
Modern Fiction Studies is publishing my article "Queer Mrs. Ramsay, Or Virginia Woolf's Geomorphic Family" in Fall 2023. Read my other academic articles here.
Studies in the Novel
Tulsa Studies in Women's Literature
Modern Fiction Studies
My article "Homosexual Calm: Pausing to Listen to Queer Shame in Frankenstein" will appear in Studies in the Novel in Spring 2022. Find my other academic articles here.
Tulsa Studies in Women's Literature
Tulsa Studies in Women's Literature
Tulsa Studies in Women's Literature
My review of Emily Kopley's brilliant book Virginia Woolf and Poetry is forthcoming in Tulsa Studies in Women's Literature. Enjoy my other book reviews here.
Spotlight on my teaching
Writing. Going inward to share outward.
Check out this article by Betsy Rosso that shines on a light on my writing-intensive college courses, for which high school students earn Bard College credit.
The latest from *Soul Forte: A Journal For Spiritual Writing
Join us for a poetry party! Celebrate beauty with Soul Forte Issue 2 contributors!
As editor-in-chief, I am proud to introduce Issue 2 of Soul Forte: A Journal for Spiritual Writing! Enjoy!
Soul Forte: A Journal for Spiritual Writing is a member of the Community of Literary Magazines & Presses (CLMP).
Hello.
Poet. I write, read, + talk poetry. To me it's the language that makes -- and unmakes -- sense.
Professor. I teach writing, reading, + poetry for a living.
Writing Facilitator. I create space for people to write their way to their own discoveries, including that they are poets and writers.