Called the “blue collar writer” by classmates at the University of Central Florida based on my years serving in the Navy and later working on ships before returning to college at 37, I lived in several states and the Caribbean. I earned an MFA from Goddard College and now live in California with my wife and our son. Semi-retired after 23 years of teaching college English, I continue writing and facilitate a writing workshop for 9 Bridges Writing Community.
I have two award-winning poetry collections: A Former Life (2019 Kops-Fetherling International Award) and Music Speaks (2019 San Gabriel Chapbook Prize; 2021 New York City Book Award). Cyberwit released a chapbook, . . .this just in. . ., in 2021, and Southern Arizona Press published a second full collection of poems, Just a Little Cage of Bone (February 2023).