Publications and Prizes
Prizes Won:
2018 California Book Award gold medal in the Californiana category by the Commonwealth Club of California for "The Modoc War: A Story of Genocide at the Dawn of America's Gilded Age." 2018 nonfiction finalist in Northern California Book Awards for "The Modoc War." 2016 category finalist, Eric Hoffer Book Awards, for "Simply to Know Its Name." 2014 Grayson Books Poetry Prize, for "Simply to Know Its Name." Finalist, 2014 Brittingham Prize. Finalist, 2014 Sixteen Rivers Press competition. Finalist, 2014 Liam Rector First Book Prize for Poetry. Finalist, 2014 Marsh Hawk Press Poetry Prize. Finalist, 2014 Tampa Review Prize for Poetry. 2012 Grayson Books Poetry Chapbook Award for "Songs of the Two Names." 2011 Berkeley Poets' Dinner Grand Prize.
Personal Favorites
What I'm Reading Now:
Selected Poetry of Herman Melville by
, Canto General by
, Alice: Memoirs of a Barbary Coast Prostitute by
, Das Gesamtwerk by
, Lessons from a Dark Time by
Reviews, Recordings, and Interviews
More Information
Listed as:
Poet
Gives readings:
Yes
Travels for readings:
Yes
Identifies as:
Irish American
Prefers to work with:
Adults
Fluent in:
English
Born in:
Columbus
Raised in:
Columbus, OH
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Last updated: Apr 16, 2019