forthcoming
Butoh performance: “In your mishandling, I renew my space”, The Philosophical Research Society, Los Angeles, CA, February 5th, 2025
Full-length poetry collection, TBD
publications
poetry
Two Untitled Poems, ÖMËGÄ, Metatron Press, 2017
How to Eat Yourself, Spilled Milk, 2017
Who Brought the Storm, ExPat Press, 2017
Undertow, ExPat Press, 2017
Over, HEAVY ATHLETICS, 2016
Shadow on Bone, HEAVY ATHLETICS, 2016
please open a door for me, ÖMËGÄ, Metatron Press, 2016
The Sinking, Helix Syntax: The 41st Summer Writing Program Magazine, Naropa University, 2015
Three Untitled Poems, LuNaMoPoLiS no.3: On Your Person, The Lune, 2015
Pause for Your Mortality, The Lune, 2015
Three-Liners and Capital Heist, THWARP SHORTS 3.2, Semicolon, 2014
Commentary on a Tibetan Book, LuNaMoPoLiS no.2: Please Do Touch, The Lune, 2014
Untitled, LuNaMoPoLiS no.2: Please Do Touch, The Lune, 2014 Chapbook: gills in rain gutters, Kavyayantra Press, 2013
Excerpt from Landlocked Madness, The Riddles We Talked In, Semicolon, 2013
Where Trains Divide, Heart-Lipped Spider, Semicolon, 2012prose
My Size Dancing Barbie, Voices, (b)OINK, 2017Jade Cruz Quinn's “of topological shift,” Boulder Tattoo Project, 2014photo
Album cover: Lanair’s Flower in Zurich, Chris Siders, 2024 Hands, Morning/Mourning, Le Petit Press, 2018 Wendy C. Ortiz, fields, 2017Matt Clifford, Ballad of Todd Last Year, Cherry Publications, 2017CAConrad, fields, 2016 Mira Gonzalez, fields, 2016other
Interview with CAConrad, fields, 2016 J’Lyn Chapman with J. Hillis Miller, The Conversant, 2013Fail Better, Shambhala Times Community News Magazine, 2014We should know what we’re eating, The Signal, 2012
performance
performance art
Butoh performance: “In your mishandling, I renew my space”, The Philosophical Research Society, Los Angeles, CA, February 5th, 2025 Performance art: Normal Dinner Party with Jeremy Kennedy, Collective Arts Incubator, Los Angeles, CA, 2017
readings
Cal State LA, Los Angeles, CA, 2019 I’m Alive In Los Angeles, Letters to My City Release Party with Mike Sonsken, Poetry at the Space, Los Angeles, CA, 2019 The Cosmic Collective: A Group Poetry Reading, New Orleans Poetry Festival, New Orleans Healing Center, New Orleans, LA, 2019 Poetry at the Ben Montgomery Mile, Zephyr Community Art Studio, Santa Fe, NM, 2018Guest Artist appointment with musical accompaniment by Paddy Pearse, Manifesting Visions, Aware Project, Collective HQ/Counterpunch Studios, Los Angeles, CA, 2017
Reading: [Dis]connected, Naropa Writing Center, Naropa University, Boulder, CO, 2013
talks + presentations
Workshop: “How to Read the Tarot Without Guidebooks,” Public Fruit Co., 2021 Panel: “The Braided River,” Summer Writing Program, Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics, Naropa University, 2015Presentation: Writing Matters Conference, College of the Canyons, 2012
misc.
other mediums
album artAlbum cover: Lanair’s Flower in Zurich, Chris Siders, 2024
audio
Vocals: My Addiction, FemNova, 2021
film
Short film: Please Open A Door for Me, 2018
Video: A Rusted Rail, 30/30 Poetic Vision, Jack Kerouac School, 2015
modeling
The Deeper Show, photo series by Marcos Rivera, Las Vegas, NV, 2017
exhibition
Photography: dear friend and murder suite, NYCorrespondence, Kickstarter Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, 2014
awards + honors
Please Open A Door For Me, New Industry Finalist, Oaxaca FilmFest, 2019 Amiri Baraka Award, Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics, Naropa University, 2016press
Video: Etape 6 - L'Amoureux, FOLIE CURIEUSE, Vaudour Troubadour, Marseille, France, 2023 Radio interview: Amazing Stories from Skid Row, KKLA 99.5 FM, Los Angeles, CA, 2018 Radio show: Show hosted by Jeremy Kennedy and co-host Rebecca Ramirez, KCHUNG 1630 AM, Chinatown, Los Angeles, CA, 2017New Digital Chapbook from JKS Student, Jack Kerouac School, 2014 Let Them Eat Cake: Across the Threshold: A Reading Hosted by the Naropa Writing Center by Joseph Navarro, Jack Kerouac School, 2014 The Story of Semicolon, Boulder Poetry Scene, 2013
education + experience
study : formal education
Bachelor of Arts in Writing & Literature
Naropa University, Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics, Boulder, CO, 2015
study : poetry + the arts
Four Queens, Denver, COSelah Saterstrom, 2022
CAConrad, September 2022
(W)rites of Passage, Boulder, CO
Sarah Elizabeth Schantz, Winter 2022–present
Selah Saterstrom, September–November 2021
CAConrad, May 2021
ArtCenter College of Design, Pasadena, CA, Fall 2021 Echo Park Film Center, Los Angeles, CA
Will O’Loughlen, October 2021
Lisa Marr and Paolo Davanzo, Winter 2021
The Home School, Hudson, NY
TC Tolbert, July 2021 Kundiman, New York, NY
Nayomi Munaweera, March 2021 Machine Project, Los Angeles, CA
Asher Hartman and Haruko Tanaka, Winter 2017 Summer Writing Program, Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics at Naropa University, Boulder, CO
CAConrad, 2015–2016
Kameron Bashi, 2015
Eleni Sikelianos, 2015
Letterpress printing with Aaron Cohick, 2015
Great Books Summer Program, Thomas Aquinas College, Santa Paula, CA, 2009
study : meditation + yoga
Kinship Yoga School, Los Angeles, CA, 2024Yoga + Mythos 10-hour YYT with Sri Sita Dass JiAgainst the Stream Meditation Center, Venice, CA, 2024 Point Horizon Institute, Ravendale, CA, 2022–2023 The Berkeley Spire, Berkeley, CA, 2019–2022 Yoga with Anjali Budreski, Montpelier, VT, 2021Big Bear Retreat Center, Big Bear City, CA, 2018–2019Against the Stream Meditation Center with Dave Smith, Malibu, CA, 2016–2018 School of Humanity & Awareness, Atlanta, GA, 2017Naropa University, Boulder, CO, 2012–2015
Samatha-Vipassana with Lama Tenpa
Yoga with Nataraja Kallio
Shamanic journeying with Marlow Brooks Dharma Ocean with Reggie Ray, Boulder, CO, 2014Nalandabodhi Colorado with Lama Tenpa, Boulder, CO, 2012–2014 (Vajrayana) Boulder Shambhala Center with Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche, Boulder, CO, 2013 (Vajrayana)
experience : professional
Freelance: Growth Strategist, Empty, 2024 Freelance: Web Strategist, Center for Transformation, 2024 Freelance: Web Strategist, Breathe Play Be, 2024 Contract: Content Designer, H&R Block, 2023 Content Designer, Affirm, 2022–2023 Web Content Manager, Articulate, 2022 Associate Marketing Manager, Articulate, 2021–2022 Digital Marketing Specialist, Articulate, 2020–2021Content Strategist, The Moran Group, 2019–2020
Media Resource Specialist, Union Rescue Mission, 2018–2019
Employment Center Representative, Union Rescue Mission, 2016–2018
Employment Resource Assistant, Union Rescue Mission, 2016
Contract: SAT Preparation Instructor, Boys and Girls Club of America, 2016
Contract: Private Tutor, TutorDoctor, 2016
English Instructor and Tutor, Opportunities for Learning Charter Schools, 2015–2016
Faculty Liasion, Summer Writing Program, Naropa University, 2015
Academic Tutor, Youth Policy Institute, 2015
Marketing Coordinator, East-West Wellness, 2012–2014
Internship: Editorial Intern, Shambhala Times Community News Magazine, 2013
Freelance: Copywriter, VimPeople, 2012
Counselor, Camp Whittle Outdoor Science School, YMCA of Metropolitan Los Angeles, 2011
experience : volunteer + pro bono
Events, Philosophical Research Society, Los Angeles, 2024–presentBoard Member, Covenant Home for Children, Georgetown, Guyana, 2017–2019
Kitchen & Meal Service, Union Rescue Mission, 2015–2016
Campaign Strategist, Heaven on Earth Society for Animals, 2015
Residential Camp Counselor, Camp Whittle and Camp Round Meadow, YMCA of Metropolitan Los Angeles–North Valley Family YMCA, 2008–2012