He has published six collections of poetry, among them Ready to Eat the Sky, In the Eyes of a Dog, and Spare Change, which won the La Jolla Press National Book Award. He is a member of the writing faculty at Sarah Lawrence. The inspiration for his novel, Summer Shares, came through during several vacations in the Hamptons, during which he met more than a few interesting and eccentric individuals that he felt deserved a book of their own.