Poetry 2022 – Present
Louisiana Literature (forthcoming) – “These Things” & “Visiting a Friend”
Trajectory (forthcoming) – “Mother’s Day” & “Patron of the Art”
Main Street Rag (forthcoming) – “When the Music’s Over” & “Killers Start Sad”
Slipstream (No. 43, 2023) – “In a Silent Way”
New York Quarterly (No. 68.3, 2023) – “Yangon”
Salt Hill Journal (No. 49, 2023) – “A Brief Career as a Prostitute”
Atlanta Review (vol. 29, No. 2, 2023) – “The Shade of Your Tree”
San Pedro River Review (Vol. 15, No. 1, 2023) – “Foot Massage”
Nerve Cowboy (No. 50, 2022) – “I Heard the News”
Jelly Bucket (No. 12, 2022) – “On the Way to Yogi Ramsuratkumar Ashram for Chanting”
Poetry 1996 – 2003
Nerve Cowboy (No. 16, 2003) – “All Things Considered” & “A Comedy in Three Lanes”
Slipstream (No. 23, 2003) – “A Kind of Dance” & “1971 St. John’s Elementary”
The Montserrat Review (No. 7, 2003) – “The King’s Secret”
Shō (No. 2, 2003) – “Upon Seeing the Body of a Friend”
Shō (No. 1, 2002, edited by Sita Martin) – “A Dog, a Man, and a Girl,” “Crazy Horse Driving,” “The Toughest Kid in Town,” “Culture Clash,” “Leaving the World of Boys,” “Dominatrix,” “Hotel Julio,” “It Was a Bad Night for Both of Us,” “The Roses on My Desk,” “What Happened to Gypsy”
The Ledge (No. 26, 2002) – “The Father”
Nerve Cowboy (No. 14, 2002) – “Lip Gloss”
Chance Magazine (No. 15, 2002) – “Waiting on Words”
Slipstream (No. 22, 2002; Pushcart Prize Nominee) – “The Problem With Little Fish”
Haight Ashbury Literary Journal (Vol. 21, No. 1, 2002) – “A Fight Broke Out on the Sidewalk”
Chiron Review (No. 67, 2001) – “The Retarded Girl on the Corner”
Atlanta Review (Vol. 8, No. 1, 2001) – “Old Hustlers”
Chiron Review (No. 66, 2001) – “Gas Money”
The Montserrat Review (No. 5, 2001) – “First Snow” & “Your Wife”
Nerve Cowboy (No. 12, 2001) – “My Grandmother’s Last Days,” “Two,” “The Muse Appears at Cheetah’s Strip Club”
Haight Ashbury Literary Journal (Vol. 20, No. 1, 2001) – “Little Did I Know”
Chiron Review (No. 65, 2001) – “1984,” “If You Meet the Buddha at the Flea Market,” “Wild Dogs Don’t Bark,” “War Zone”
Slipstream (No. 21, 2001) – “Scars”
Long Shot (No. 23, 2000) – “Fires”
Chiron Review (No. 63, 2000) – “Special Deal,” “Live Sex Show,” “Big Bony Hands,” “Some Men and Others,” “In a Gay Bar with Her”
Haight Ashbury Literary Journal (Vol. 19, No. 1, 2000; Puschcart Prize Nominee) – “Ally”
Chiron Review (No. 62, 2000) – “Brothers”
The American Dissident (No. 1, 1999) – “The American Public School System Goes up in Flames” & “Ghetto Instruction”
Slipstream (No. 16, 1996) – “Nuances”
Short Stories
Beloit Fiction Journal (Vol. 12, No. 1, 1997) – “Salt and Pepper”
Portland Review (Vol. 44, No. 1, 1996) – “Allison’s Dance”
New Orleans Review (Vol. 21, No. 1, 1995) – “Earth Day”