poet | co-founding editor @ First Matter Press | designer + publishing specialist for literary institutions, universities, small presses + indie authors

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“day by day” and “as if my shape sediment in the fossil record” in Aphrodisia
“day by day” and “as if my shape sediment in the fossil record” in Aphrodisia

featured poet

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Hand-bound books and featured First Matter Press titles at Gagallery’s “Galeria Libris”
Hand-bound books and featured First Matter Press titles at Gagallery’s “Galeria Libris”

featured artist / book designer

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“zirconium ash,” “Poetry Goes to the Movies” and “Crime Wave” featured in LA Taco’s “25 Best L.A.-Centric Books Of 2025”
“zirconium ash,” “Poetry Goes to the Movies” and “Crime Wave” featured in LA Taco’s “25 Best L.A.-Centric Books Of 2025”

publication designer

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“i need not name what comes next” in Blood Tree Literature
“i need not name what comes next” in Blood Tree Literature

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

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“when i say it was real it was so real” in Novus Literary Arts Journal
“when i say it was real it was so real” in Novus Literary Arts Journal

featured poet

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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

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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

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Makerspace at Portland Poetry Confluence
Makerspace at Portland Poetry Confluence

coordinating editor

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“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

featured poet

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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

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

curator

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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

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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

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

featured poet

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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

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

publication designer | digital publishing consultant

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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

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4 poems in Posit
4 poems in Posit

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

publication designer | production consultant

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“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

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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

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

publication designer

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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

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

publication designer | production consultant | co-editor

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

publication designer | production consultant | contributing editor

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charity e. yoro’s “ten-cent flower & other territories”
charity e. yoro’s “ten-cent flower & other territories”

publication designer | production consultant | contributing editor

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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

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3 poems in Furious Pure
3 poems in Furious Pure

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