Dig that I now have a bio Poetry Foundation plus two poems, including "Stetson in Retrograde," the longest & last poem I wrote for the INDEX (Sarabande Books). Also have a project with them that should be out in the next month or two--stay tuned... poetryfoundation.org/poems/162301/s…

My poem “To a Blossoming Saguaro” has been reprinted in The Nation. To a Blossoming Saguaro thenation.com/article/cultur…

The 2025 March Second Chanceness nomination form is now open. Songs/essays that lost in the first round of a previous tournament are eligible. We welcome nominations incl. self nominations, for the August lottery: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…

After over a year of work, the digital collection, POETRY & FILM: READING IN THE DARK—itself an offshoot of Poetry Goes to the Movies—is live Poetry Foundation! Whether you lean Godard or Bay, Spike or Stanley, it’s got something for everyone who’s ever wondered where verse & film intersect.

Delighted that my poem, "Stations of the Crossed," is a finalist for the Montreal International Poetry Prize! Check it out via the link below!

If you live in or near SD, hope to see you next Wednesday at SDSUECL!

Good people of San Diego, Tijuana, & all parts of the greater Southern California geographic scene, join Arthur Kayzakian & myself at SDSUECL next Wednesday, 9/25 at 7pm, as we share our poetry of indexes, of redactions, of haunted houses, of paintings. mfa.sdsu.edu/community/livi…

I'd like to thank everyone at The Slowdown, and especially, Major Jackson, for sharing a poem of mine on today's podcast. slowdownshow.org/episode/2024/0…

My poem, “Future Tense,” earned a silver medal finish in Smartish Pace - find us on Bluesky (@smartishpace) Erskine J. Poetry Prize! Honored to be in such company!

Well done!

Many, many thanks to Faith Hill and the poetry staff at The Atlantic for publishing my new poem “Fossil Record for my Grandmother” today: theatlantic.com/books/archive/…

Coming at you in April, new essays by Amy Rowland, Heather Sellers, Jacob Aiello, Adam O. Davis, Fox Rinne, and Courtney Kersten. Preorder the issue at the link and pay only $14 + free shipping, instead of $18. l8r.it/hOW1 ⁠ Coming Soon #NewLettersLit

aww thanks L.A. Marks arspoetica.us - lovely to meet you at AWP and excited to read Adam O. Davis’s 📖✨

If you know me, you know I was struck by lightning when I was a teenager. I finally wrote about it & I’m delighted that the essay was a finalist for the New Letters Conger Beasley Jr. Award for Nonfiction. My thanks to Christie Hodges for publishing it.

Meet me next Wednesday in Jack Kerouac Alley, between Vesuvio and City Lights Books, to celebrate the latest issue of ZYZZYVA, featuring work by me, Joyce Carol Oates, Adam O. Davis and Daniel Orozco, among many others. citylights.com/events/zyzzyva…

Though I’ve yet to visit, Louisville’s always been good to me & my work. Deep thanks to Miracle Monocle 🧐 for publishing three poems from my forthcoming collection (PYRRHIC SYMPHONY out 9/1/26 from Univ Nebraska Press)! Check them out via the link below.

Cover reveal! Coming September 2026: the winners of the 2025 Raz/Shumaker Book Prize in Fiction and Poetry. Preorder through Univ Nebraska Press: nebraskapress.unl.edu/nebraska/97814… nebraskapress.unl.edu/nebraska/97814…

Cover reveal! PYRRHIC SYMPHONY arrives full of fire & brimstone in September 2026. Deepest thanks to Univ Nebraska Press & Prairie Schooner. Pre-order here: nebraskapress.unl.edu/nebraska/97814… or wherever you get your books.