I’m a writer from Central Kentucky. My writing has been published in Salvation South, Still: The Journal, Appalachian Review, Rust + Moth, Coffin Bell, Black Moon Magazine, Exposition Review, and others.
My poem “Ceramic Jesus” is featured in Once a City Said: A Louisville Poets Anthology, published by Sarabande Books (2023). I received the Kentucky State Poetry Society’s Grand Prix Prize in 2021.
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Books
Once a City Said: A Louisville Poets Anthology.
2023. Sarabande Books
Poems
"Moccasin." 2024. Salvation South
"The Place We Call Home." 2023. Still: The Journal
“Vehicles.” 2022. Southword: New International Writing
“I Like to Walk Before the Light," “Eastern Cemetery,”
and “The Lamp Above My Door.” 2022. Appalachian Review
"Tuesday in August.” 2022. Wild Roof Journal
“McQuady, ‘75” and “Ceramic Jesus.” 2022. Still: The Journal
“What’ll Happen.” 2022. Black Moon Magazine
“Hain’t No Fixing It” and “Barren Lyric.” 2022. Coffin Bell Journal
“When Pagans Once Lived.” 2021. Rust + Moth
“The Girls Lived.” 2021. the tiny journal
“Summer of Yig.” 2021. Naugatuck River Review
“Lone Tick Star.” 2021. Exposition Review
“Nights at the Court.” 2021. Lucky Jefferson
Prose & Short Fiction
“Spiderland.” 2022. Sunspot Lit
Awards & Recognition
American Short Fiction, 2022 American Short(er) Fiction Prize. Semi-finalist. “Crickets.”
Still: The Journal, Best of the Net nomination, “Ceramic Jesus.” 2022
KY State Poetry Society: Grand Prix Prize, Winner. “The Fourth Heart Sound.” 2021
Sunspot Lit, Inception Contest, Finalist. “Spiderland.” 2021
Readings
Appalachian Writers’ Workshop, Hindman Settlement School, Summer 2023
Once a City Said Book Launch, Sarabande Books, Louisville, KY, Summer 2023
KSPS Poetry Conference, Lexington, Kentucky, October 2021
Exposition Review Vol. VI. "Hunger" Reading, Skylight Books, Los Angeles, 2021
Press & Interviews
Interview with Marianne Worthington and David Higdon, Think Humanities KY, April 2022
Workshops & Conferences
Appalachian Writers’ Workshop, Hindman Settlement School, Summer 2023