About Me

"...convey much meaning in few words, and exhibit the sentiment with more weight than bulk."

Samuel Johnson

One day at age 30, I got a sudden urge to write poetry. I started with free verse and worked my way into form and meter. In my mid-30’s I got a crazy idea to write a piece of fiction based on the indie and punk rock scene, the heroes I grew up worshipping in the smallest music venues. That project became my first novel, Intonarumori. My second and most recent novel, The Suicide Button, explores the intersection of assisted suicide, AI, and climate change. I grew up in South Portland, Maine and now live in Massachusetts with my wife, Amy.

About My Work

I’m drawn to ethical tensions that push us to ask unsettling questions about ourselves. I try to explore these questions with clarity—making my work substantive, yet approachable. My fiction and poetry often think big while sounding small. Influences range from Richard Powers, Margaret Atwood, Samuel Menashe, Elizabeth Bishop, David Cronenberg, to the band Oneida, and the television series Rectify.

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