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

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2 poems in New Feathers Anthology
2 poems in New Feathers Anthology

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The Tower '25 receives CMA Pinnacle Award: Yearbook of the Year
The Tower '25 receives CMA Pinnacle Award: Yearbook of the Year

design consultant

2025 First Matter Press cohort release: Annemarie Eayrs, nawa angel a.h., Violeta Garza & Claudia Saleeby Savage
2025 First Matter Press cohort release: Annemarie Eayrs, nawa angel a.h., Violeta Garza & Claudia Saleeby Savage

lead editor | contributing editor | publication designer | production consultant

Makerspace at Portland Poetry Confluence
Makerspace at Portland Poetry Confluence

coordinating editor

“to want is to want a body & to get is an opening” in Blood Tree Literature
“to want is to want a body & to get is an opening” in Blood Tree Literature

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“ten-cent flower & other territories” receives the Stafford/Hall Award for Poetry
“ten-cent flower & other territories” receives the Stafford/Hall Award for Poetry

contributing editor | publication designer | production consultant

Jeff’s Bacchanalia at after/time Collective Gallery
Jeff’s Bacchanalia at after/time Collective Gallery

curator

2024 First Matter Press cohort release: “greenhouse” and “Suspended In My Insecticide Jar”
2024 First Matter Press cohort release: “greenhouse” and “Suspended In My Insecticide Jar”

lead editor | contributing editor | publication designer | production consultant

“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

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“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

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

publication designer | production consultant

First Matter Press awarded Literary Arts’ 2024 Oregon Literary Fellowship for Publishers
First Matter Press awarded Literary Arts’ 2024 Oregon Literary Fellowship for Publishers

co-founding editor

“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

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

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“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

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