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EDUCATION
PhD Literature & Creative Writing: Critical Poetics, University of Houston, 2026
MFA Creative Writing: Poetry, Sarah Lawrence College, 2020
BA English Language & Literature, Smith College, 2007
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
Poetry
One poem, Southern Indiana Review, 2027 [forthcoming]
Two poems, The Adroit Journal, 2026 [forthcoming]
“Red Lobster eyes bankruptcy option after $11M in losses…”, In Review Magazine of New York, 2026 [forthcoming]
“On salvation,” Bear Review, Issue 12.2, 2025 // Finalist, 2025 Michelle Boisseau Poetry Prize, selected by Jenny Molberg
“Ritual embodiment,” The Swannanoa Review, Issue 6, 2025
“The horses,” 3Elements Review, Issue 49, 2026
“Gender study; gestalt,” SmokeLong Quarterly, Issue 90 // Winner (2nd Place), 2025 Grand Micro Contest
“Catherine of Siena considers her marriage,” Psaltery & Lyre, 2025
“Home studies,” Grist, Issue 17, 2025 // Finalist, 2023 ProForma Contest
“Leitmotif with terminated pregnancy,” Bat City Review, Issue 20, 2024
“Wild Geese Palinode,” Foglifter, Spring Issue 9.1, 2024
“The god of my small intestine,” HAD, 2024
“Leitmotif with norovirus and Mr. Toad’s Wild Ride,” American Literary Review, Spring 2024 // Winner (1st Place), 2023 American Literary Review Award in Poetry, selected by Denise Duhamel // *** Finalist, Best of the Net 2025 ***
“Catherine of Siena fucks up the club,” The Massachusetts Review, Vol. 64, Issue 3, 2023
Three poems, Black Warrior Review, Issue 48.1, 2022
Two poems, ANMLY, #33, 2021
“Lickspittle,” Small Orange, Fall 2020 // Honorable Mention, 2020 Emerging Woman Poet Honor
“Improv,” Sweet: A Literary Confection, Summer 2020 // Winner (1st Place), 2020 Sweet Lit Poetry Contest
“Repetition ritual for summoning the good witch,” Barrow Street 4x2, Summer 2020
“elegy with two degrees of separation,” Frontier Poetry, Spring 2020 // Finalist, 2019 Frontier OPEN Prize
Two poems, Quarter After Eight, Winter 2020
“Powerlessness,” SWWIM, Winter 2019
“sealskin, to her selkie,” MER VOX, Winter 2019
Four poems, Punch Drunk Press, Summer 2018
Five poems, The 3288 Review, Fall 2017
“nobody sings in public anymore,” Pilgrimage Magazine, Fall 2016
Reviews
Lisa Olstein’s Distinguished Office of Echoes, Gulf Coast Journal, 38.2 Online Exclusives, 2026
Rosebud Ben-Oni’s If This Is the Age We End Discovery, The Rupture, Spring 2021
Sarah J. Sloat’s Hotel Almighty, Tinderbox Poetry, Spring 2021
READINGS, PERFORMANCES, & EXHIBITIONS
Featured Readings
Poison Pen Reading Series, 2026
Boldface Writers Conference Faculty Reading, 2024
American Literary Review, AWP Conference, 2024
Gulf Coast Reading Series, 2021, 2022, 2023
Dead Rabbits Reading Series, 2019
Angry Reading Series, 2019
Collaborative Performance & Exhibitions
With B. A. Van Sise, Skirball Cultural Center
“Dæafe,” On The National Language, October 2024 - March 2025
With Cornelius Eady, Atlantic Center for the Arts
“Painting Song,” Breaking Boundaries: Exploration and Collaboration, Spring 2020
“Painting Song” & “Money Mississippi,” Cornelius Eady Artist Showcase, Summer 2019
With Jubi Arriola-Headley, Chris Williams, & Monica Brown, Atlantic Center for the Arts
“Mirror Me: A Sung Poem,” INside OUT, Summer 2019
With Melissa Leandro, Atlantic Center for the Arts
Heads Together: Two 3D Visual Poems, INside OUT, Summer 2019
AWARDS & HONORS
Winner, Inprint Paul Verlaine Prize in Poetry, 2025-26
Awardee, Monarch Queer Literary Awards, 2026
Finalist, Bear Review Michelle Boisseau Poetry Prize, 2025 (Judge: Jenny Molberg)
Winner (2nd Place), SmokeLong Quarterly Grand Micro Contest, 2025
Finalist, Best of the Net, 2025
Winner (1st Place), American Literary Review Award in Poetry, 2023 (Judge: Denise Duhamel)
Finalist, Grist Pro Forma Contest, 2023
Winner (1st Place), Sweet Poetry Contest, 2020 (Judge: Paige Lewis)
Honorable Mention, Small Orange Emerging Woman Poet Honor, 2020 (Judge: Carlie Hoffman)
Semifinalist, 92Y Discovery Poetry Contest, 2020
Named Finalist, Palette Poetry Spotlight Award, 2020
Published Finalist, Frontier OPEN Prize, 2019
Featured Woman Writer, Punch Drunk Press, 2018
Pushcart Prize Nominee, The 3288 Review, 2017
GRANTS & FELLOWSHIPS
Inprint C. Glenn Cambor Fellowship, Inprint Houston, 2021-2026
PM Lilac Foundation Environmental and Social Justice Fellowship, Vermont Studio Center, 2025
Cullen Travel Grant, University of Houston, 2022
Thomas Lux Award, Sarah Lawrence College, 2019-2020
Pabst Scholarship, Atlantic Center for the Arts, Residency #174, 2019
Jane Cooper Fellowship, Sarah Lawrence College, 2018-19, 2019-20
Art Grant, GLEA & Lakes of Fire, 2018
Rosemary Thomas Poetry Prize, Smith College, 2007
Ruth Forbes Eliot Poetry Prize, Smith College, 2005
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Editorial
Freelance Poetry Editor & Consultant, October 2018 — Present
Online Poetry Editor, Gulf Coast Journal, 2024-25, 2025-26
Print Poetry Editor, Gulf Coast Journal, 2022-23
Assistant Poetry Editor, Gulf Coast Journal, 2021-22
Ghostwriter & Editor (Narrative Nonfiction/Memoir), 2020 — 2022
Producer, Magick & Alchemy Podcast, 2020 — 2021
Cross-genre Reader, LUMINA, 2018-19
Producer, Firefly Podcast, LUMINA, 2018-19
Poetry Editor, The 3288 Review, 2017 — 2019
Judges Panel, Dyer Ives Poetry Competition, 2017
Host, Electric Poetry, WYCE Radio, 2015 — 2018
Administrative
Coordinator, Creative Writing Program, University of Houston, August 2022 – December 2024
Assistant to the Interim Director, Poets House, September 2021 – February 2022
Publishing Intern, Black Lawrence Press, January 2020 – September 2020
Co-Director, Sarah Lawrence Poetry Festival, September 2019 – May 2020
Graduate Assistant, Financial Aid Office, Sarah Lawrence College, September 2018 – December 2019
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Courses & Workshop Facilitation
Workshop Facilitator, Inprint Houston, 2026
“Weekend Poetry Intensive: Erasure & Collage”
Workshop Facilitator, Inprint Houston, 2025
“The Floor is Lava: A Hybrid Workshop”
Workshop Facilitator, Inprint Houston & Houston Methodist, 2025
“In My Feels: A Sensory Workshop”
Workshop Facilitator, Boldface Conference, 2024
“The Floor Is Lava: Radical Composition and Revision”
Seminar Instructor, Marin Poetry Center, 2021
“Poem Rehoming: A Submission Seminar”
Workshop Facilitator, Milk Press, Poetry Society of New York, 2020, 2021
“Quizzical Kitchen: A Radical Revision Workshop”
“When the Poem Comes Back: Navigating Rejection and Refining Submission Philosophies”
“Sending the Poem Home: A Beginner Submission Workshop”
“Sending the Poem Home: A Submission Intensive”
Workshop Facilitator, West Tisbury Public Library, 2020
“In the Poetry Garden: A Weekly Poetry Workshop”
“Deep Dive: A Weekly Poetry Craft Series”
“Love in the Time of Quarantine: A Weekly Poetry Craft Series”
Teaching Assistant, SUNY Purchase, 2019
Teaching Artist, Sunnyside Creative Writing Program, 2018-19
Coordinator & Facilitator, Right-to-Write Program, 2018-19
Facilitator, “Get Rejected: Monthly Submission Series,” 2018
Facilitator, Anxiety Resource Center Poetry Workshop, 2017
Lectures & Panel Discussions
Panel Facilitator, AWP Conference, 2026
“Imagining Literary Futures in Challenging Times” (with Stephen Motika, Amy Stolls, Lisa Willis, & Ryo Yamaguchi)
Panelist, UH Creative Writing Program Visiting Mentors Series, 2024
“A Two-Part Publishing Panel: Publishing Poetry & Short Fiction” (with Pritha Bhattacharyya & Kevin Prufer)
Panelist, AWP Conference, 2024
“Wait… I Can Use ‘Cunt’ In a Poem?” (with Sonia Greenfield, Sam Sax, & Angelique Zobitz)
Panelist, Chautauqua Writers’ Festival, 2021
“Interior Landscapes: Reinventions of the Lyric” (with A. H. Jerrod Avant & Marcus Jackson)
Visiting Writer, Stony Brook University, Poetry Workshop, 2020
Visiting Writer, Stony Brook University, The Writer in the World, 2019
Lecturer & Facilitator, “Sunday Craft Workshops: Ekphrastic Poetry,” 2018
VOLUNTEER & OTHER EXPERIENCE
Board Secretary, Four Way Books, May 2021 — Present
Vice President, Graduate English Society, 2023-24
Founder & Facilitator, “National Poetry Month: Dirty Thirty Challenge,” 2017 — 2024
Founder & Mentor, Graduate English Peer Mentorship Program, University of Houston, 2022-23
Member, SLC Graduate Writing Diversity Committee, 2019-20
Assistant Coordinator, Poets Reading for the Bahamas, 2019
Co-Founder, SLC Graduate Writing Community Potluck Series, 2019-20
Poetry Festival Committee Member, Sarah Lawrence College, 2018-19
Advisory Board Member, Write616, 2018-19
Theme Camp Coordinator, Lakes of Fire, 2017, 2018
Board Secretary, Write616, 2017 — 2018
Community Journalist, The Rapidian, 2016 — 2018