I like to read and write. I like to give and receive hugs. I like to listen. I like to be amazed. I like the freshness of the morning, handwritten letters, the corners of libraries, folk music, long walks, and sitting quietly by myself. I enjoy baking. I like to dance. I make too many to-do lists. I mostly laugh at myself because I am mostly failing because I am mostly learning.

In a lot of ways, I have made my writing a practice of seeking, witnessing, and, especially meaningful to me, a means to learn more about myself, my relationships with others, and our world. There are all kinds of possibilities with a commitment like this—but the most rewarding outcome for me is the risky move toward finding out what I don’t know, even what I don’t wish to know and accept about myself.

My work has appeared in Narrative Magazine, Commonwealth Writers, Lit Hub, etc. I have book reviews featured in the Los Angeles Review of Books & Chicago Review of Books. I live in Athens, where I'm an Assistant Professor of English and Creative Writing Director at Tennessee Wesleyan University.