A graduate of SUNY at Albany and Cornell University, he was editor of Epoch magazine. He taught at Cornell University, Syracuse University, Illinois State University, and Pennsylvania State University.As of 2010, he teaches at University of California, Berkeley.

His work appeared in Callaloo, Another Chicago Magazine, Hambone, New American Writing, o.blek, Obsidian, River Styx, Situation and Samizdat .

• "Excerpts from Giscome Road", Electronic Poetry Center