has been a recipient of an NEA fellowship in poetry and an Edgar fellowship in fiction. His work has appeared widely, in magazines such as Nimrod, Notre Dame Review, Poetry International, and Stand. His books include two collections of poems—Sounds The Living Make (S. F. Austin State University, 2012) and The Dead Ventriloquist (Ahsahta, 1995)—the novel My Brother’s Passion (Permanent Press, 2004), and four novels for children (Atheneum).