Books
Arc of the Sun (2024)
A collection of lyrical and narrative poems written around two themes – unknowingness and transcendence. The book begins with “Prelude,” describing a universe where all is in motion and of humans “knowing neither where we journey/ nor why/ but looking to the arc of the sun/ and grateful for its rising.” The final poem, “The Dante Tattoo” concludes with the transcendent -- “this unexpected glimpse/ from Dante’s more perfect and far-seeing vista.”
The Gentleman Lion and Other Stories (2022)
No story is like any other in this collection of eleven stories. In Dream Mightily, the lead character is given the opportunity to redeem his life thanks to a case of mistaken identity. A chance encounter in Meeting the Payzaks leads to an indictment of the excesses of modern life. In Long Journey, a 150-year-old man discovers the world still offers him such moments of transcendence that life remains worth living. The title story, The Gentleman Lion, is the longest and most complex and a fitting tale on which to end the book.
the slow knot of time (2021)
“The lines are marked by attention to detail with moments of exaltation, dreams, fragility, Cadillacs, fate … The poems invoke place or travel like poetry. It’s almost like going on a journey when turning the pages.”
- Review by LB Sedlacek