The beauty of the well-said. The balance of inspiration and information. The power of human-to-human connection. Words are tools that work wonders, and I use them to spark curiosity, solve problems, and change minds. ​

I am a Minneapolis copywriter with 15+ years of experience working on great brands, projects, and campaigns. 

My book, BEAUTIFUL ZERO, won the 2015 Lindquist and Vennum Prize in Poetry. I've  received a Loft-McKnight Fellowship for poetry and an AdFed THE SHOW Bronze for copywriting.  

My poems have  been published in The Believer, Boston Review, Conduit, Court Green, Diagram, The Indiana Review, Sixth Finch, Verse Daily, and elsewhere.