He has published two volumes of poetry with SIU PressConsolation Miracle and The Last Predicta. In addition, he has co-authored two textbooks (with Gregory Fraser) on writing: Writing Poetry: Creative and Critical Approaches (Palgrave, 2009) and Analyze Anything: A Guide to Critical Reading and Writing (Continuum, 2012). His poems, reviews, translations, and essays have appeared in a number of journals, including AGNI, Boston Review, Chicago Review, Paris Review, Ploughshares, Prairie Schooner, Virginia Quarterly Review, and The Writer’s Chronicle.