What We Lost in the Swamp
*FINALIST, LAMBDA LITERARY AWARD FOR GAY POETRY
How do you untangle the real you from the curated you?
This introspective yet whimsical collection takes readers into the thicket of self-discovery.
What We Lost in the Swamp is a lush and vibrant collection of poems that examines the many manifestations of green: nature, inexperience, jealousy, burgeoning love, and exploring sexuality. It is a slow unfurling. It is a love letter to growth, to rediscovery, to finally learning how to speak the truth. These astonishing poems ask the reader: Who do you want to be in this world? How do you want to build a life?
NEW IN TOWN (chapbook)
New in Town is a coming out/post-coming out story told in reverse chronological order. Through vivid language and strange, inventive imagery, the reader travels back to the beginning, experiencing along the way, the joy, love, and pain that comes with queer self-discovery.
By the end, or start, the reader is left to wonder if all of the personal growth they just witnessed was the truth, was the to-be future, and not some sliding doors moment or daydream. As the speaker in the very last line buries his hands in the ground, then walks away, readers will be screaming, "Wait! Don't go! I have seen all the good that will come from what feels scary."
So many queer people at the beginning of their journeys can't imagine what their happiness could look like, what they could look like. New in Town paints that picture for them, while also letting readers feel the gravity and life-altering consequences of such a crossroads decision.
he felt unwell
(so he wrote this)
He Felt Unwell (So He Wrote This) is a collection of poems and illustrations that represents the mind's messiness, how one day we can feel steely and secure, and the very next, find ourselves crumbling to bits. It's a reminder that life is a ceaseless cycle.
We will always go through times when we feel empty, when we must trudge back up the hill to fetch our pails, to fill our happy.
And that's perfectly okay.