Writing Coordinator
BA, St. John’s University. MA, Georgetown University. Author of 10 poetry collections and two novels. His collection, Spare Change, was a National Poetry Book Series Award winner. His collection, Ready to Eat the Sky, was a finalist for an Independent Publishers Book Award. In the Eyes of a Dog won the 2011 New York Book Festival Award. His collection, Where You Want To Be: New and Selected Poems, published by Black Lawrence Press, was a 2017 Independent Publisher’s Book Award medalist. His poetry collection, Playing Poker With Tennessee Williams, was published by Black Lawrence Press in 2021. His second novel, Taking on Secrets, was published by Blue Jade Press in 2022. His newest collection, entitled Walking on October, is forthcoming from Black Lawrence Press in 2027. His poetry has appeared in numerous literary magazines and anthologies throughout the country. SLC, 1991–