he has published four novels : , talk : a novel in dialogue ( 2002 ) , we are billion-year-old carbon ( 2006 ) , the ballad of the two tom mores ( 2010 ) , and following richard brautigan ( 2010 ) ; , two2 full -length poetry collections : , some identity problems ( 2008 ) and before the great troubling ( 2010 ) ; , and two2 books of short stories : , listen : 29 short conversations ( 2009 ) and notes toward the story and other stories ( 2010 ) .