He was born and raised in Acadiana, in Louisiana bayouland. His first novel, No Place, Louisiana, was published by Riverhead Books and was a finalist for the John Gardner Fiction Book Award. His first collection of poems, Sugar, was published by Suspect Thoughts Press and was a finalist for the Lambda Literary Prize. His stories and poems have appeared in Epoch, StoryQuarterly, Cimarron Review, Icon, Transfer, Cocktail, New Orleans Review, The Louisiana Review, Verse Daily, Revisions, Intersection, Love, Bourbon Street, and Gay City Anthology. He is now at work on a collection of stories, The Nerves.