In mid- to late-October, Atticus Review will be publishing a sixth poem from my graduate MFA thesis titled “Spotlights & Shadows.”

The piece is a longer narrative that relays an unnerving and haunting event that happened in my high school when I was a junior there...

I’m honored to share that a third poem from my thesis has been given an honorable mention in the Poetry Society of Michigan’s (PSM) annual contest. The piece, “New Buffalo,” was submitted for the Founder’s Prize, a category for poems about Michigan, and it will be published alongside the other contest winners in a fall edition of Peninsula Poets…

I just received word that another poem from my thesis has been named a finalist in Coastal Shelf’s inaugural FuPo Poetry Contest. The contest was designed for poems that are both funny and poignant (hence FuPo), and my work “Now That We Use TV-Tray Tables…

Bowling Green State University recently published a story about my graduation from the school’s MFA program in Creative Writing, as well as my award win with the AWP Intro Journals Project for the poem “Pandemic Haircuts.”

I had the distinct pleasure of speaking with Julie Carle about my beginnings as a writer and my academic experience at BGSU. Read the story here.

The abstract for my Creative Writing MFA thesis with Bowling Green State University is now available to view on the OhioLINK library catalog. The thesis, Stinging Nettle, is comprised of poems created and refined during my time in grad school—the contents of which may eventually form a full-length book in the future…

I’ve recently received word that another poem from my MFA thesis has been accepted for publication by Into the Void Magazine. “Portrait of My Sister after Drinking Transmission Fluid” will appear…

I’m thrilled to share that one of the poems from my MFA thesis has recently been accepted for publication by The Windsor Review. “Blue July” will appear…

Special thanks to those friends, family members, and colleagues who pre-ordered a copy of Mayflies from Finishing Line Press…