“The poet’s range is impressive. Each of these poems is so different in form and subject, and this reveals the poet’s ambition and scope. These poems are at times grotesque, tender, violent, curious, and above all, profoundly human.”

— Ansel Elkins, 2018 judge, Lily Peter Fellowship in Poetry.

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“These poems are stories, born of the world around us—news, memories, even a video game. The story-telling, the plotting, is skillful. But the sharpness of image and artistry of language transforms each into an occurrence so vivid, multi-layered, and meaningful that it is no longer a story we hear or read but an experience we see and feel and learn from—a poem.”

— LewEllyn Hallet, 2020 judge, Felix Christopher McKean Memorial Award for Poetry.