I’m highlighting my writing on this site.

I came to poetry in a roundabout way. Early interest in drawing and painting inspired me to initially focus on visual art. That passion led to a degree in Painting at RISD, studio practice, and after a few wild years art handling for an art museum. All the while I was avidly reading and writing, drawn to artists who employ literary references, and text itself gradually became the focus of my work. My in progress manuscript investigates the nature of perception, cognition, gaze, identity, and aesthetics.

I’ve considered myself primarily a poet for years now. Do I still think of myself as an outsider? Yes, and my favorite writers are outliers, underdogs, misfits to the literary norm. I try to read widely and seek out authors from different schools and walks of life. In keeping with a consistent desire to explore currents counter to the mainstream, I’ve lately been reading authors of the Modern avant garde. I’m also a publisher of a very small press and am always on the lookout for work by contemporary poets who buck the trend.

A selection of my work can be found on the Publications page. I do my best to keep it up to date!