I’m highlighting my writing on this site.

I came to poetry in a roundabout way. Early interest in visual art led to a Painting major at RISD, studio practice, and then art handling for an art museum. I was at the same time an avid reader and writer, drawn to artists who employ text or literary references, and text itself eventually 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. I’m always changing my mind about who I like and for that matter who and what I am. Recently, in keeping with a consistent desire to explore currents counter to the run of the mill, I’ve been reading authors of the Modern avant garde.

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