His nonfiction book Feeding Back: Conversations with Alternative Guitarists from Proto-Punk to Post-Rock was published in 2012 by Chicago Review Press. His plays have been presented or developed in NYC at theaters including 59E59, Dixon Place, and NY Theatre Workshop, and regionally in DC, Portland, and Chicago. His playwriting residencies include Hangar Theater (Ithaca), Classic Studio (NYC), and Chicago Dramatists. He earned his MFA in Dramatic Writing at NYU (Goldberg Award; Harry Kondoleon Award) and his PhD at the University of Illinois at Chicago.