Who’s me?
I write poems, and I write about poems. I make objects with poems, or objects that are poems. I also like talking poems—with students, with friends, with colleagues, with strangers. I currently teach in the Helen Zell Writers’ Program at the University of Michigan. In the past, I’ve taught literature and creative writing classes at Cornell University, Victoria University, and the University of Iowa. My first book of poetry, Undershore, was a finalist for the 2020 National Poetry Series and was published by Lightscatter Press in Spring 2023. My second poetry manuscript, Fire Series, was a finalist for the 2021 National Poetry Series.
Education
Ph.D. in Literatures in English at Cornell University (2023)
M.F.A. in Poetry from the Iowa Writers’ Workshop (2017)
B.A. in English from Reed College (2012)
Prizes and Fellowships
Winner of the 2021 Lightscatter Press Prize, selected by Diana Khoi Nguyen, for Undershore (May 2023)
Finalist for the 2021 Georgia Poetry Prize, for the manuscript Fire Series
Pushcart Nomination for “Cataract” (2021)
Finalist for the 2021 National Poetry Series, for the manuscript Fire Series
Finalist for the Hayden’s Ferry Review Inaugural Poetry Contest (2021)
Semifinalist for the 2021 Tomaz Salamun Prize from Factory Hollow Press for the chapbook manuscript The Claude Glass
Finalist for the 2021 Sunken Garden Chapbook Poetry Award from Tupelo Press, judged by Mark Bibbins, for the chapbook manuscript The Claude Glass
Finalist for the 2020 National Poetry Series, for the manuscript Undershore
Semifinalist for the 2020 Berkshire Prize from Tupelo Press, judged by Bin Ramke, for the full-length book manuscript Undershore
Moses Coit Tyler Essay Prize, Cornell University (2020)
Sage Fellow, Cornell University (2018-2019)
Creative Writing Teaching Fellow, Victoria University in Wellington, NZ (2018)
Finalist for the 2017 Omnidawn Single Poem Broadside Poetry Prize, judged by Craig Santos Perez
Finalist for the 2017 American Literary Review Awards Poetry Contest, judged by Pimone Triplett
Work and Teaching Experience
Helen Zell Visiting Professor in Poetry at the University of Michigan (2023 - present)
Graduate Student Instructor at Cornell University (2019-2022)
Instructor of the Iowa Poetry Workshop (CREW 259) at Victory University in Wellington, NZ (2018)
Graduate Student Instructor at the University of Iowa (2015-2017)
English Instructor and Auxiliar de Conversación in La Rioja, Spain (2013-2015)
Intern at Copper Canyon Press (2013)