poet | co-founding editor @FirstMatterPress | designer + publishing consultant for small presses, journals, literary organizations, universities + independent authors

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“We Are Dreaming of Freedom”: Picturebook + Teaching Guide
“We Are Dreaming of Freedom”: Picturebook + Teaching Guide

publication designer | digital publishing consultant

3 poems in Pile Press Issue 08
3 poems in Pile Press Issue 08

featured poet

“LA Miscellany”: A Journal of Poetry, Fiction and Art
“LA Miscellany”: A Journal of Poetry, Fiction and Art

publication designer | digital publishing consultant

“CRITERION: A Literary Journal”
“CRITERION: A Literary Journal”

publication designer | digital publishing consultant

Lorraine Anderson’s “Slow Cook Solar” Wins Silver Nautilus Book Award
Lorraine Anderson’s “Slow Cook Solar” Wins Silver Nautilus Book Award

publication designer | production consultant

4 poems in Posit
4 poems in Posit

featured poet

Denise Chávez’s “Street of Too Many Stories”
Denise Chávez’s “Street of Too Many Stories”

publication designer | production consultant

“i can’t unknow any knowing of a death grip” in Willawaw Journal
“i can’t unknow any knowing of a death grip” in Willawaw Journal

featured poet

Alan Salazar’s “Chumash Stories”
Alan Salazar’s “Chumash Stories”

publication designer | production consultant

“Journal of Children’s Literature” Vol. 49, No. 2
“Journal of Children’s Literature” Vol. 49, No. 2

publication designer

Belinda Hernández Arriaga’s “Amor y Monstruos en la Vida de Sofía” Receives International Latino Book Awards Bronze Medal
Belinda Hernández Arriaga’s “Amor y Monstruos en la Vida de Sofía” Receives International Latino Book Awards Bronze Medal

publication designer | production consultant

“Our Favorite People in the Room”: Literary/Art Anthology
“Our Favorite People in the Room”: Literary/Art Anthology

publication designer | production consultant | co-editor

Rae Diamond’s “floating bones”
Rae Diamond’s “floating bones”

publication designer | production consultant | contributing editor

Charity E. Yoro’s “ten-cent flower & other territories”
Charity E. Yoro’s “ten-cent flower & other territories”

publication designer | production consultant | contributing editor

Josie Méndez-Negrete’s “Rooted in Clay: Verónica Castillo y su arte”
Josie Méndez-Negrete’s “Rooted in Clay: Verónica Castillo y su arte”

publication designer | production consultant | contributing editor

3 poems in Furious Pure
3 poems in Furious Pure

featured poet

Conversations in Cohort: How Do Places Shape Us? Featuring Charity E. Yoro & Rae Diamond
Conversations in Cohort: How Do Places Shape Us? Featuring Charity E. Yoro & Rae Diamond

facilitating co-editor

Poetry Reading: What Books Press at Beyond Baroque featuring Jan Wesley, ash good, Gail Wronsky & Gronk
Poetry Reading: What Books Press at Beyond Baroque featuring Jan Wesley, ash good, Gail Wronsky & Gronk

featured poet

KBOO Radio: Talking Earth Featuring ash good, Morgan Paige + Tim Barnes
KBOO Radio: Talking Earth Featuring ash good, Morgan Paige + Tim Barnes

featured poet

“We Become a New Story”: An Anthology from 48 Writers Healing from Cancer
“We Become a New Story”: An Anthology from 48 Writers Healing from Cancer

co-editor | publication designer | production consultant

“this is what it feels like to love” read by Neil Aitken on the Hermit Poetry Series
“this is what it feels like to love” read by Neil Aitken on the Hermit Poetry Series

featured poet

Quintessential Listening: Poetry Online Radio Presents ash good
Quintessential Listening: Poetry Online Radio Presents ash good

featured poet

Peter J. Harris’s “SongAgain”
Peter J. Harris’s “SongAgain”

designer & typographer

2022 First Matter Press Cohort Release: ahuva s. zaslavsky, Riley Danvers, Sonya Wohletz, Hailey Spencer & Xylophone Mykland
2022 First Matter Press Cohort Release: ahuva s. zaslavsky, Riley Danvers, Sonya Wohletz, Hailey Spencer & Xylophone Mykland

lead editor | contributing editor | publication designer | production consultant

Carol Potter’s “What Happens Next Is Anyone’s Guess”
Carol Potter’s “What Happens Next Is Anyone’s Guess”

cover designer

Mona Lewis’s “Nature’s Paintbox: Colors from the Natural World for the Young Artist (and Those Who Are Young at Heart)”
Mona Lewis’s “Nature’s Paintbox: Colors from the Natural World for the Young Artist (and Those Who Are Young at Heart)”

publication designer | production consultant