Where I think in public.
Across books, essays, poetry, and audio, my work returns to the complexity of human relationships—the ways we love, fail, grieve, care for one another, and strive to live meaningfully and ethically within systems of power.
Here are some selections.
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Book & Editorial Projects
The Massachusetts Review:
On Family and Incarceration
Editor (2025)
Guest Editor with Nicole Shawan Junior for this special issue on family and incarceration.
PEN America’s
The Sentences That Create Us
Editor, Haymarket Books (2022)
An anthology of original writing by incarcerated authors, distributed free of charge to tens of thousands of readers inside prisons. The project has been featured, discussed in interviews with many media outlets including The New York Times, Oprah Daily, Publisher’s Weekly, Poets & Writers, and more.
Poetry collection with illustrations and lesson plans. A multidisciplinary book exploring embodiment, desire, and survival. Now out of print, you can download it and read online here,
The Letter All Your Friends Have Written You (2012)
Co-Authored with Tishon
Well & Often
Limited edition poetry book in collaboration with poet Tishon Woolcock. Out of print.
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Essays & Cultural Writing
“…The Importance of Dialogue Across Divides”
Oprah Daily
“The Unique Challenge of Designing a Book by Incarcerated Writers”
Literary Hub
An interview with 24th U.S. Poet Laureate Ada Limón
The PEN Ten
Curated Essays on Freedom with Introductions
Harper’s Bizarre
”Want to write fiction in US prisons? It might be censored…”
The Guardian
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Poetry & Lyric Work
Selected poems have appeared in literary journals and anthologies.
JOURNALS
Three Love Poems [Nominated for Pushcart Prize], Oyedrum
It Is Possible to Be in Love and Be Bored… Bodega
Rewilding / I’m Feeling Myself Again, Nimrod International
Following Faye, Bust Magazine
Mostly Water, Adroit
ANTHOLOGIES
Sad Happens (Simon & Schuster)
Edited by Brandon Stosuy + Illustrated by Rose LazarThat’s a Pretty Thing to Call It (New Village Press)
Edited by Leigh SugarSoul Sister Revue (Jamii Publishing)
Edited by Cynthia Manick
See full publication list.
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Comics & Visual Work
Pep Talks for Broke(n) People
A comics poetry project that has lived as a high quality zine, an exhibition, a participatory installation and live performance at Berl’s Poetry Shop in Brooklyn, New York.
Download as free PDF here.
A series of seven comic vignettes about unexpected encounters in NYC, published in Hobart literary journal.
Poetry comic published in The Normal School about dreaming your way out of confinement.
Poetry comic published in The Rumpus about finding romance in daily life.
Future Casting Poster
Poster commissioned for Lincoln Center’s WE ARE THE WORK series. The poster was displayed outside of the institution for a summer.
(Additional visual work available upon request.)
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Conversations On Grief & Creativity
Flowers For Linda
Producer, editor and host of podcast built around intimate, wide-ranging conversations with friends and family about grief, creativity, and how loss reshapes artistic practice.
Learn more about the podcast.
Listen to the podcast.
Follow the podcast on instagram.
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