Favorite authors:
Denis Johnson, Etheridge Knight, Theodore Roethke, Larry Levis, Philip Levine, Lucille Clifton, Dorianne Laux, Joseph Millar, Tyree Daye, John Balaban, Raleigh Review staff, Raleigh Review writers, Raleigh Review poets and Nina Simone always.
What I'm reading now:
Confessions by Saint Augustine of Hippo, Life on Earth by Dorianne Laux, Cardinal by Tyree Daye, Raleigh Review by Raleigh Review, Dark Harvest by Joseph Millar, Smoke & Glass by Bryce Emley, Slow Art by Sierra Golden, Unselected Poems by Philip Levine, Winter Stars by Larry Levis, Tunsiya/Amrikiya by Leila Chatti, Good Woman by Lucille Clifton, Living Things by Landon Houle, Bright Shade by Chelsea Harlan, Velvet Hounds by Aimee Seu, The Essential June Jordan by June Jordan, Write About an Empty Birdcage by Elaina Ellis, Citizen by Claudia Rankine, Hover Over Her & Exceeds Us by Leah Poole Osowski, The Mere Wife by Maria Dahvana Headley, American Dirt by Jeanine Cummins, Mean by Myriam Gurba, No Arcadia by D Eric Parkison, Passing Through A Gate by John Balaban, Drawing the Vote by Tommy Jenkins, The Woman Who Climbed Trees by Smriti Ravindra, Undress, She Said by Doug Anderson, Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole, Best New Poets by 2024 BNP