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We’ll be posting any updates to our tour schedule on the Little Bones Tour Tumblr. This is the current schedule (also on the Tumblr). Upcoming ShowsMay 25th—Milwaukee—People’s Books Cooperative6:30 p.m.—804 E. Center St., Milwaukee WI.—FREEhttps://www.facebook.com/events/267291833413113/May 26th—Chicago—Little Bones Departure ShowsOur schedule/hosts for the day:12 p.m. Rachel Durchslag (private invitation)*3 p.m. Gwynne Johnson and William Gordon (private invitation)*7 p.m. [...]

I have three poems, “A Lusting, “Swoon Song,” and “Manners,” appearing in the eighth print issue of PANK Magazine. PANK was one of the first lit mags to ever take any of my poems (for PANK 4), and I’m really excited to be appearing in their magazine for a second time with poems from my [...]

I am very excited to announce that Good Grief, my first book, won the Independent Publisher Book Awards (IPPY) Bronze for Poetry! I am also super excited that Marty McConnell‘s book Wine for a Shot Gun got the silver! When I lived in Chicago, I regularly attended Marty’s community workshop series, Vox Ferus After Dark. [...]

My quintessential MIchigan poem for Eminem, “Two Trailer Park Girls Go ‘Round the Outside,” is up on Indiefeed! Super excited to be included amongst so many talented poets. When I was first getting interested in performance poetry, I spent a lot of time listening to poems on this site, many of which I know nearly [...]

Albion College saying nice things about me and the other Top 10 in 10 Young Alumni Award recipients, alongside the most terrible photo ever:http://www.albion.edu/news-and-events/recent-news/news-archive/774-alumni/10685-albion-college-celebrates-2013-young-alumni-top-10-in-10

I have a new poem, “Stepping Inside of November,” up at Juked! 

Though these videos make me look a little extra chubby due to their filming angle, they are still the things I can most stand as audio/visual representations of my work. 

Please help me and my poetry friends, Ben Clark and Josh Gaines, raise money to print tour books! Also, if you pledge $10 or more you get your own tour book, which includes poems by all 3 of us! We are trying to raise about $550 via Kickstarter! Please help! We promise they will be [...]