is the author of eight poetry collections and other books, most recently Every Slow Thing (Kelsay Books 2022) and Farthings (Yavanika Press 2022). His genre-bending essay "Bomb" (New Letters) was awarded a Pushcart Prize. A native of the prairie Midwest and a former commentator on books for NPR, he lives with his wife, the Irish poet Angela Patten, in Vermont.