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I live in rural Pennsylvania, but cross the border every day to teach at Jamestown Community College in Jamestown, New York. My work can be seen in 5AM, the Barn Owl Review, Blast Furnace, Cave Wall, Copper Nickel, Fourth River, Flyway, Fourth River and River Styx. My first chapbook, Stealing Dust, was published by Finishing Line Press. My second chapbook, Wearing Heels in the Rust Belt, won Main Street Rag's 2011 chapbook contest and was published in 2012.

As for my personal library -- my collection is huge! At one point, I had only posted my poetry books on GoodReads. But, I have been a member of GoodReads for many years now, so now I think it is a good time to move on to catalog all of my books! ...more

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This past semester I finished my MFA thesis, and thus, my MFA! Even though I have been writing poetry for years, I entered my program as a creative nonfiction candidate, and my thesis is a collection of intertwined essays about growing up in Pennsylvania.

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