Best of the Net finalist, New South Writing Contest finalist, River Styx International Poetry Contest semi-finalist, nominated for Best New Poets and Pushcart Prize: Best of the Small Presses
Poetry Collections
Love and Cruelty, Meat for Tea, Forthcoming, 2026
No Sea Here, Moon in the Rye Press, Forthcoming, 2026
Toward What Is Awful, YesYes Books, 2013
In the Space Where I Was, Hyacinth Girl Press, 2012
The Spare Room, Blood Pudding Press, 2009
Collaborative Poetry Collections
Diagnostic Impressions, with Donna Vorreyer, DNA Nanopress, 2011
The Disaster, with Nathan Moore, The Collective, 2009
Untelling Stories, with Nathan Moore, Mutating the Signature, 2009
Crash, with Beth McQuillen, 2008
Work in Print Journals & Magazines
“Five Cows, Two Calves Found Shot Dead in Pine Valley” and “How to Turn a Hate March into a Jubilee Procession” (reprint), The Nomad, Print Forthcoming Issue 3, 2026
“The Tenth Day of the Cruelest Month,” I-70 Review, Forthcoming Fall 2026
“Needlework,” CALYX, Forthcoming 2026
“A Game Called Thirst” and “Persephone,” Chiron Review, Forthcoming Summer 2026
“Crossroads” and “What I Call This Boy,” Lily Poetry Review, Forthcoming 2026
“A Story to Point and Run To,” Sugar House Review, Sweet Sixteen Issue (Issues 1 and 2, Volume 17, December 2025): 27
“Aluminium” and “Misreadings,” Meat for Tea, Rasher Issue (Issue 4, Volume 19, December 2025): 13–14
“Stab Shallow,” Thimble Literary Magazine, Issue 3, Volume 8 (Winter Issue, December 2025)
“Things Counted Can Never Be Uncounted,” Laurel Review, Issue 1, Volume 58 (December 2025): 88
“And the Trees Provide Cover,” “Instructions for Leaving,” and “Sermon,” I-70 Review, September 2025: 115–117
“A Predator Can Hunt Me Without My Even Knowing It” and “Machine Logic,” Chiron Review, Issue 137 (Summer 2025): 78–79
“Dear Tony” and “Gardened,” Meat for Tea, Jerky Issue (Issue 2, Volume 18, June 2025): 92–93
“Kill Rack,” Chiron Review, Issue 136 (Spring 2025): 86
“Gynecological Exam,” Meat for Tea, Hot Dog Issue (Issue 1, Volume 19, March 2025): 99: “Gynecological” nominated for Pushcart Prize XLIX: Best of the Small Presses
“Confessions to the Robotherapist” and “Robot Lover,” Meat for Tea, Cup Issue (Issue 4, Volume 18, December 2024): 124–125
“What Matters,” Poet’s Corner, editor Rethabile Masilo, Daily Maverick, January 28, 2023
“The Honey Thief,” New Letters, Issues 3 and 4, Volume 82 (Spring/Summer 2016): 138, Under the Name M Ross Henry
“Bitches” and “Recursion,” Chiron Review, Issue 102 (Winter 2015): 77, Under the Name M Ross Henry
“Chaw,” Willow Springs, Issue 76 (Fall 2015): 18, Under the Name M Ross Henry
“Lullaby,” “Flame, Not Flame,” and “Water,” I-70 Review, Summer/Fall 2014, Under the Name M Ross Henry: “Water” was a semifinalist in the 2015 River Styx International Poetry Contest
“Darker than Dark” and “Miracle Birth,” Knockout Literary Magazine, Issue 5 (Fall 2014): 42–43
“Iowa State Fair,” Kansas City Voices, Volume 11 (September 2013): 30
“And the Mountains Rising Nowhere” and “Farm Labor Homes,” Barrow Street, Winter 2012/2013: 60–61
“Crude,” “Ghost Town,” “Our Story,” “Robot Parade,” and “There Go I, But for the Grace,” Knockout Literary Magazine, Issue 1, Volume 4 (Spring 2012): 35, 89–92
“Jesus Waits,” “Parasitic Cloaking,” and “Table 2: Experiments with Hanging,” Weave Magazine, Issue 1 (October 2008): 69, 73
“Quintet,” Fence, Spring/Summer 2001: 48–49
Work in Online Journals & Magazines
“I’ a Wake,” “The Knave,” “No Mental-Health Narrative in my Town,” and three excerpts from The Body, ONE ART, Forthcoming 2026
“The Fifth Day of the Cruelest Month,” “The Fifteenth Day of the Cruelest Month,” and “The Twenty-Fifth Day of the Cruelest Month,” Nerve to Write, Forthcoming 2026
“The Eleventh Day of the Cruelest Month,” Cider Press Review, Forthcoming April 2026
“I’m a Muse, I’m a Mule,” Cider Press Review, Issue 6, Volume 27 (February 2026)
Excerpts from “Write This,” The Pedestal Magazine, Issue 92, December 27, 2025
“A Pangolin Rolls Up in a Box at Airport Customs,” ONE ART, November 24, 2025
“Shadow and Light,” Mad in America, October 26, 2025
“Bonnet About a Demurring Theme, I Mean,” “Lost,” and “Window Strike at Highlands Behavioral Health,” ONE ART, June 8, 2025: “Window” nominated for Best of the Net 2025
“Back Ward” and “I Was Put on This Earth to be Draped,” Trampoline, Issue 26.7 (March 2, 2025)
“As the Body,” SWWIM, February 21, 2025
“Slip,” ONE ART, February 18, 2025
“Semantic Attack,” Right Hand Pointing, Issue 158 (January 2025)
“How to Turn a Hate March into a Jubilee Procession,” Sheila-Na-Gig, Winter 2024
“Glass,” “I Married a Bitch,” and “Nocturnal,” Anti-Heroin Chic, December 2024
“Proofs,” Mad in America, October 10, 2024
“Facts,” PRL, a Canopic Jar site curated by Rethabile Masilo, September 9, 2024
“Setting the Table with My Body” (reprint), PRL, a Canopic Jar site curated by Rethabile Masilo, June 12, 2024
“An Afterlife of Branches,” “Deliver Me,” and “Fawns Discovered Inside a Dead Doe,” Flapper Press, May 12, 2024: “Deliver” nominated for Best of the Net 2024 and “Fawns” nominated for Pushcart Prize XLVIIII: Best of the Small Presses
“Insulin Shock Therapy,” Mad in America, May 9, 2024
“Little White Lie,” Rogue Agent, Issue 105 (December 2023)
“Hanging Out with David” (reprint), PRL, a Canopic Jar site curated by Rethabile Masilo, July 29, 2023
“Dissimulate,” “Divergent,” “Scherzando,” and excerpts from “Opera,” Dusie, Issue 18, October 2015
“Death by Scaphism,” “Spoils,” “Huffing,” “Thoracapagus,” and “Flesh and Seed,” FRiGG, Spring 2015, Under the Name M Ross Henry: “Huffing” was a finalist in the 2015 New South Writing Contest
“The Letter” and “The Flood,” Muzzle, The Mental Health Issue (Issue 15, Spring 2015), Under the Name M Ross Henry
“It” and “Halflife,” Cider Press Review, Issue 2, Volume 17 (April 1, 2015), Under the Name M Ross Henry
“Homecoming,” The Literary Bohemian, Issue 17 (March 2013)
“Pierson/Naturizer Composting Plant” and “Wildfire,” Prick of the Spindle, Issue 2, Volume 7 (March 2013)
“Anything but Fall,” “No Sea Here,” and “Three Cedars,” Canopic Jar, Issue 27 (February 2013)
“South Berry Road,” Pif Magazine, February 2013
“Love and Cruelty, Part 8,” “Love and Cruelty, Part 9,” “Love and Cruelty, Part 10,” “Love and Cruelty, Part 20,” and “Love and Cruelty, Part 23,” Wicked Alice, February 14, 2013
“Given No Choice,” “Halloween Barn Party,” “Inland Beach,” “Then,” “Things Tell Their Stories,” and “You, Too, Can Look Through Time,” Menacing Hedge, Issue 1, Volume 3 (Winter 2012): “Then” nominated for Best of the Net 2011
“Opening the Poem,” The Adroit Journal, Issue 5 (Autumn 2012)
“Here I Am, More Than Halfway Through My Life,” “His Devastation,” and “Tips for Safe Travel,” Press 1, Issue 1, Volume 6 (May–August 2012)
“Our Story,” The Far Field, July 12, 2012
“We Know Most When We Know Nothing,” Qarrtsiluni, Imitation Issue (January–May 2012)
“Hat Rock State Park,” “It’s Not Easy to Write About Who I Am,” and “Praying Mantis,” Buddhist Poetry Review, No. 3 (Winter 2011)
“Other Than,” The Literary Bohemian, Issue 14 (February 2012)
“Days Without Rain” and “Home,” Hobble Creek Review, Issue 3, Volume 5 (October 2011)
“Add Aluminum,” “Add Gelatin,” “Helium Games and Cinnamon Buns,” “Materials List,” “The Quiet,” and “We Give Answers,” Vinyl Poetry, Volume 3 (September 2011)
“To Jelly” and “To Veal,” O Sweet Flowery Roses, June 5, 2011
“Gone,” “Sky the Texture of Latex Gloves,” and “They Say I Won’t Remember the Procedure,” Canopic Jar, Issue 26 (April 2011)
“How to Influence the Virtual Machine,” “I Always Wanted a Clutch of Giant Robots,” and “Michael,” Blossombones (Winter/Spring 2011)
“The Account,” “Adiposity,” and “Toward What Is Awful,” Alice Blue Review, Issue 13 (Winter 2011)
“Epigrams: Crimes,” “Pea Green,” and “What Is Written,” Arsenic Lobster, Issue 23 (Summer 2010)
“And I Drank the Water I Poured Yesterday, “And the World Is an Impossibility,” “And We Bought the Microfiber Power Package,” and “And You Are Quickly Approaching Infinity,” written with Nathan Moore, Scythe, Issue 2 (Spring 2010)
“Repeated Exposure,” Stirring, Issue 4, Volume 11 (April 2010)
Excerpt from “Pavement,” written with Nathan Moore, Elimae, 12 (December 2009)
“To Eggnog,” Delirious Hem, December 3, 2009
“Poetry-Blogging, a Primer,” written with Nathan Moore, Via Negativa, November 2, 2009
“Letter from a Parasitic Head,” video poetry collaboration with Donna Kuhn, Moving Poems, June 25, 2009
“Kitchen Terrorists,” written with Jo Hemmant, Blue Fifth Review, Issue 2, Volume 9 (Spring 2009)
“Old Ladies,” Failbetter, Issue 30 (February 2009)
“Afterward, I Held Your Hand, Still Warm, in Mine,” “Fragments,” “Oh, My Rebellious Body,” “To My Prepubescent Pudenda,” and “What We Talk About While the TV’s On,” Coconut, Issue 14 (December 2008)
“Entry” and “On the Long Narrow Stem of Life,” Ouroboros Review, Issue One (December 2008)
“Interior Arrangements” and “Revelation of the Common Man,” written with E.A.P., Qarrtsiluni, Journaling the Apocalypse Issue (October–December 2008)
“The Juke Box Needle Hovers Over ‘Could We Start Again Please’ from the Jesus Christ Superstar Soundtrack,” written with Nathan Moore, Qarrtsiluni, Journaling the Apocalypse Issue (October–December 2008)
“The Apocalypse Occurred in Your Bread Lethargy” and “The Killing Lines,” Blossombones, Summer 2008
“Letter from a Parasitic Head,” Qarrtsiluni, Transformation Issue, August 11, 2008
“Getting Spanked by Donny Osmond” and “To All the Poets I’ve Slept With,” Canopic Jar, Issue 21 (July 2008)
“Translations,” Qarrtsiluni, Nature in the Cracks Issue (March–April 2008)
“Marie on Dancing with the Stars,” Juked, April 15, 2008
“When the Movie’s Main Character Commits Suicide by Drowning,” Boxcar Poetry Review, March 2008
“Jesus Talks to Himself While Learning to Sew,” Blood Orange Review, Issue 1, Volume 3 (March 2008)
“Excision,” “Hanging Out with David,” and “Prim,” Canopic Jar, Issue 20 (February 2008)
“And the Crickets Outside the Window,” Qarrtsiluni, Insecta Issue (November–December 2007): “And” was a finalist for Best of the Net 2008, judged by Dorianne Laux
Work in Anthologies
“Litany in Which I Talk About My Horse,” Tell Me About the Dream: Poetry Inspired by the Work of Richard Siken, Papaya Press, October 20, 2025
“The Chairs,” Telephone, October 10, 2025
Excerpts from “Write This,” New Generation Beats 2025 Anthology, National Beat Poetry Foundation, August 15, 2025
“Meditations on Death and Loss” and “Rooms,” April, Mammoth Press, 2013
“And the Mountains Rising Nowhere,” Poem-A-Day, Johnson County Library, April 13, 2013
“Drowned” and “Fawns Discovered Inside a Dead Doe,” MadHat Annual, MadHat Lit, 2013
“Controlled Text,” “Diagnostic Impressions 2,” “Diagnostic Impressions 4,” “Diagnostic Impressions 6,” and “Language Exists,” Forgotten Letters Anthology, RASP, December 2011: 66–72
“Viscosity,” Poets for Living Waters, Lyric Essay, July 30, 2010
Featured Poet
“Farm Labor Homes” (reprint), “Hanging Out with Dave,” “Setting the Table with My Body,” “There Go I, But for the Grace” (reprint), and “Three Days in Austin,” Canopic Jar Featured Voices series, Canopic Jar, November 19, 2014
Selections from “In the Space Where I Was,” The Wardrobe’s Best Dressed series, Sundress Publications, May 22, 2014: Section 9 nominated for Pushcart Prize XXXVII: Best of the Small Presses
Editorships
The Gumball Art and Poetry (GAP) Machine, Creator and Curator, 2023
Cascadia Review, Founder and Editor, 2010–2013
Read Write Poem, Founder and Editor, 2007–2010
Poetry Thursday, Co-Host and Co-Editor, 2006–2007
Guest Editorships
Mutating the Signature with Nathan Moore, Qarrtsiluni, Winter 2009 Issue
Hidden Messages with Carey Wallace, Qarrtsiluni, Winter 2008 Issue
Interviews & Reviews
“Review of Wunderkammer, by Cynthia Cruz,” Prick of the Spindle, 2014
“Interview with Kathleen Flenniken,” Cascadia Review, February 4, 2013
“Hauntings and Visions: An Interview with Margaret Bashaar,” Menacing Hedge, Winter 2012 Issue
“Interview with Kathryn Rantala,” Cascadia Review, November 30, 2012
“Read Write Interview: James Bertolino and Anita Boyle,” Read Write Poem, February 22, 2010
“Read Write Interview: Seattle Poet Maged Zaher,” Read Write Poem, December 8, 2009
“Read Write Interview: Beth Adams and Dave Bonta,” Read Write Poem, November 30, 2009
“Read Write Interview: Brent Goodman,” Read Write Poem, July 31, 2008
“Read Write Interview: Dorianna Laux,” Read Write Poem, March 14, 2008
“Read Write Interview: Matthew Rohrer,” Read Write Poem, January 31, 2008
Commentary & Essays
“One of Them,” Flapper Press, December 19, 2025
“An Open Letter to Those I Love Whose Neurotypical Privilege Keeps Them from Seeing What They Need to See,” Mad in America, October 7, 2025
“Executive Order Echoes Dark Chapters in Latter-Day Saint History,” St. George News, August 12, 2025
“Impossible Histories: Voicing Traumas in Poetry,” Flapper Press, February 25, 2025: “Impossible” nominated for Best of the Net 2025
“Investigative Story About Patricia Kent Is Exemplary and Highlights Why Journalism Matters,” The Salt Lake Tribune, November 27, 2022
“Southern Utah Politicians’ Inflammatory, Baseless Attacks on the LGBTQ+ Community Aren’t New,” The Salt Lake Tribune, October 17, 2022
“Similarities and Differences in Identical Twins with Familial Alzheimer’s Disease,” an interview with Drs. Thomas Bird and James Leverenz, Dimensions, Winter 2008
“Working for Equality,” an interview with Kavita Ramdas, CEO of Global Fund for Women, UWTV Insider, August 2006
“Fooling the immune System: A Case for the Cancer Vaccine,” an interview with Dr. Mary Disis, UWTV Insider, July 2006
“Dr. Hunter Hoffman: Virtual Genius,” UWTV Insider, May 2006
“Searching for the Big Fish,” an interview with David Lynch, UWTV Insider, December 2005
Classes, Inteviews, Talks & Workshops
“Ren Wilding and Dana Henry Martin,” Meat for Teacast, January 15, 2026
“Poetry As Survival,” Utah Poetry Festival panel, Utah Humanities, April 25, 2025
“Poetry Quartet,” Workshop, Walla Walla, Washington, May–August 2012
“Why Poetry Matters at Any Age,” Talk, Public Employees Retirement System, Walla Walla, Washington, May 8, 2012
“The Poetry Posse,” Poetry Workshop, Walla Walla, Washington, March–April 2012
“Poetry That Celebrates Life,” Continuing Education Class, Walla Walla Community College, Walla Walla, Washington, February–March 2012
Walla Walla Public Library/3R Program, Youth Workshop at Blue Ridge Elementary School, Walla Walla, Washington, September 2011–March 2012
Children’s Home Society of Washington, Youth Poetry and Literacy Workshop at Farm Labor Homes, Walla Walla, Washington, March–December 2011
“Collaborative Poetry 101,” Youth Workshop, King County Library System, Seattle, Washington, May 15, 2010
Literacy*AmeriCorps and the King County Public Library System, Literacy Outreach, Seattle, Washington, August 2009–February 2010
Readings & Community Activities
ONE ART Reading Series, Featured Reader, Online, October 2, 2026
Mark Allen Everett Poetry Series, Featured Reader, Norman, Oklahoma, October 2026
Hilbert Space Poetry Reading Series, Featured Reader, Online, August 2026
Various Readings, Tulsa, Oklahoma, May 2026
Sustained Resistance Martin Luther King Jr poetry marathon organized by Larissa Shmailo, Online, January 19, 2025
Moveable Beast, a Poetical Cabaret, Featured Reader, Tucson, Arizona, February 21, 2025
Second Annual Juneteenth Celebration, Poetry Booth Attendant, Washington, Utah, June 2023
Uptown Arts Bar Reading Series, Featured Reader, Kansas City, Missouri, May 2015
Big Tent Poetry Reading Series, Featured Reader, Lawrence, Kansas, April 25, 2013
North End Forum Open Mic, Regular Reader, Seattle, Washington, 2009–2010
Park Place Books Reading Series, Featured Reader, Kirkland, Washington, January 13, 2009
Untitled [Intersection] Reading Series, Featured Reader, Seattle, Washington, December 12, 2008
Seattle Poetry Polar Bear Plunge, Participant, Seattle, Washington, December 8, 2008
Poets Getting Over Themselves, Participant, Seattle, Washington, October 19, 2008
Medical Writing
I’ve written content for patients, providers, and medical administrators for the Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center in Seattle, The American Academy of Family Physicians, BioSupply Trends Quarterly, IG Living, Jain Foundation, ResearchChannel, The University of Washington, and UWTV. Selected stories linked below.
“Addressing Central Pain Syndrome,” BioSupply Trends Quarterly, Fall 2017: 28–31.
“Understanding Mannose-Binding Lectin Deficiency,” IG Living, October–November 2017: 33–35.
“How Mindfulness Can Ease the Symptoms of Chronic Illness,” IG Living, June–July 2017: 20–23.
“Quality Improvement Programs: Hurdles to Optimizing Care,” BioSupply Trends Quarterly, Spring 2017: 22–25.
“For the Record—The Case for Managing Medical Records,” IG Living, December 2016–January 2017: 40–43.
“Making Support Groups Work for You,” IG Living, October–November 2016: 26–31.
“Paving the Way for Healing: The Role of the Patient Advocate,” IG Living, August–September 2016: 20–25.
“Narrative Medicine: How Stories of Illness Affect Caregiving,” BioSupply Trends Quarterly, Spring 2016: 36–39.
“How Crowdsourcing Is Changing Medicine,” BioSupply Trends Quarterly, Winter 2016: 34–37.
“Telling It All: How to Share the News of Your Diagnosis,” IG Living, June–July 2015:18–21.
“Job Interviewing Strategies for the Chronically Ill,” IG Living, April–May 2015: 32–34.
“Drawing on the Past and Looking to the Future: The Role of House Calls in the Age of Modern Medicine,” BioSupply Trends Quarterly, Fall 2015: 39-41.
“To Screen or Not to Screen: The Role of Airport Screenings in Controlling the Spread of Infectious Diseases,” BioSupply Trends Quarterly, Winter 2015: 42–47.
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