Curriculum Vitae

b. 1989 Bristol, CT

Education

2014 MFA Indiana University, Bloomington (Creative Writing: Poetry)
2011 BFA Emerson College (Writing, Literature, and Publishing)

Book

2022 Americanitis, poetry, Eyewear Publishing

Solo Exhibitions

2016 "Draping and Motion Studies," Treasurer's Gallery, The Waldron, Bloomington, IN
2015 "The Men in My House," Royale Hair Parlor, Bloomington, IN

Chapbooks

2019 Contemporary Aesthetics, poetry, Seven Kitchens Press
2019 Lion, poetry, Ghost City Press
2016 The Men in My House, photography, A Queer Press
2015 College Town, poetry, Porkbelly Press
2015 Something to Hide My Face In, poetry, Seven Kitchens Press

Readings and Academic Presentations

2019 “And Another: Objectification and Seriality in Luke Austin’s Lẹwà,” Indiana University Art History Association Graduate Symposium: The Art of Ugliness
2014 MFA Thesis Reading, Indiana University Bloomington
2013 Big Gay Poetry Reading, IU Writers Conference
2012 Convocation in Chicago, AWP, Pank Magazine

Awards

2021 Finalist, Colorado Prize for Poetry, “Barton”
2020 Finalist, Gold Line Press Nonfiction Chapbook Contest, “Secondary Characters”
2018 Gigantic Sequins Flash Nonfiction Contest Winner, "31 - 4- 25"
2018 Finalist, Platypus Press Broken River Prize, “Americanitis”
2017 Best American Essays "Notable" Selection, "Elegy for a Photograph Deleted"
2016 Finalist, Slope Editions Prize, "Futurologist"
2016 Best American Essays "Notable" Selection, "On Locker Rooms and Looking"
2015 Best American Essays "Notable" Selection, "The Only Boy in Indiana"
2014 Robin Becker Chapbook Prize, Seven Kitchens Press
2014 Finalist, National Poetry Series, "Look How Good I Look"
2013 Booth Tarkington Thesis Fellowship, Indiana University