Hello internet friends. I’m a Chicago-based poet & behavior researcher. Writing poems with surprising syntax is my gentle fight against the robots. I’m usually found thinking, eating & talking about bread.
🎊 Now Available: my mother is a mixed metaphor 🎊
Released: March 3, 2026 from Rockwood Press
Read the interview in the Chicago Reader:
Read the interview in Sixty Inches From Center:
Curated Published Work
This is a smorgasbord of recent collections, poems, articles & essays that have been published
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Upcoming Events
Find me, my work, readings, workshops & events for 2026 below
Jan-Dec | 📝 A Year of Walking with our Loss | Maajhi | Facilitation, Virtual |
June 30 | 🎤 Book Launch & Poetry Concert | The Understudy, Chicago |
July 16 | 📝 Camp Write Start | Guest Facilitator - Grief Greetings, Virtual |
July 19 | 🎤 That’s Poetic!! | Featured Poet | Bramble Arts Loft, Chicago |
July 27 | 🎤 Poetry at the Green | Featured Poet | The Green at 320, Chicago |
August 5 | 🎤 Read Some Shit | Featured Poet | aliveOne, Chicago |
August 20 | 🎤 The Golden Hour | Featured Poet | Haibayo, Chicago |
Sept 9 | 🎤 Test Literary Series | Featured Poet | The Whistler, Chicago |
October 6 | 🎤 Tuesday Funk | Featured Poet | Hopleaf, Chicago |
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Press & Media Highlights
A few highlights from coverage over the years
Sixty Inches From Center | Interview | 2026; thanks to Darshita Jain & Jennifer Torwudzo-Stroh
Chicago Reader | Interview | 2026; thanks to Shivani Kumar & Kerry Cardoza
Rambler Round-up Chicago | Interview & Reading | 2026; thanks to the Loyola Talk Tv Production Team
The Loyola Phoenix | Social Justice Week | 2025; thanks to Munya Noman
Forbes | Partition Poetry | 2016, thanks to Sonya Rehman
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