his first collection of poetry, marginal state (fractal edge press, 2006), was written while living in the apennine mountains of central italy, in a house once occupied by spanish mercenaries during the fourteenth century. his book length documentary poem, war rug (plastique press, 2009), was adapted into a poetry film that went on to win official selections from the zebra poetry film festival in berlin, germany, and the potenza international film festival , in potenza, italy, and was featured at anthology film archives in new york. his first book of translations of italian poet tiziano fratus’ creaturing was published by marick press in 2010, as was his own collection of documentary poems, elegy for dead languages. variations on want, a poetry film based on his long poetic sequence of the same name was premiered at the henry miller library, in big sur, california, in a collaborative performance with composer philip glass in 2011 , his e-book, endless, beautiful, exact was published by argotist e-books in 2011, and his chapbook, jettison/collapse was published by angel house press in 2015. during the summer of 2015, while living in the bolivian andes, he began translating the work of underrepresented bolivian poets.