I am once again chairing a panel at Northeast MLA and looking for abstracts. Come hang with me in Niagara Falls! Resilience and Collective Action Versus the Empowered Neoliberal Self [A Panel at NeMLA 2023,…
I am once again chairing a panel at Northeast MLA and looking for abstracts. Come hang with me in Niagara Falls! Resilience and Collective Action Versus the Empowered Neoliberal Self [A Panel at NeMLA 2023,…
The Red Glass Cat was chosen to be included in the June 2022 issue of Pittsburgh Magazine as one of their 10 Great Summer Reads. I am honored that poems from my small but somewhat…
I’m happy to say my poems “Out to Lunch” and “What Diane Said to Me on My First Day” are featured in the new issue of Trailer Park Quarterly. TPQ has long been a publication…
My poem Happiness Is was included in Voices from The Writers Place. The Writers Place’s mission is to promote writers and their words, nurture an interest in writing and literature among wide and diverse audiences, and…
The excellent poet Fred Shaw reviewed The Red Glass Cat in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, and not only did he like the collection, he really understood what I was going for.
While I forgot to promote the reading before it happened, I am happy to say the recording of my reading at the legendary Hemingway’s Summer Poetry Series is now available. Yes, you can jump right…
Wednesday April 7th was a special day for me. I was invited back to my alma mater to read my work at the Fr. Bede Hines TOR Memorial Reading. Close to 150 students, faculty, fellow…
I’m beyond proud to say that my poem “St. John Minadeo” has been chosen by City of Asylum and Sampsonia Way Magazine to be the Poem of the Week as part of their All Pittsburghers…
When I was 16 my dreams of becoming a death metal singer were stalled, but for some reason, I kept writing lyrics for a band that could never find a drummer. Sometime around then, a…
I am proud to report that I got the opportunity not only to sit in on a St. Francis class, but I also got to be featured on the What Would Mister Rogers Do? Podcast…