Books & Zines
Publication News!
My full-length epistolary memoir, The Year I Wrote You, co-written with the amazing Leah Abrams, has been acquired by Galiot Press. It’s due out in May 2027.
But right now, I have zines for you!
These are meticulously edited, high-end art book / chapbook-style zines, not classic gritty photocopied zines. I apologize to any classic gritty zinemakers who object to my appropriation of the term.
A memoir about grief and art in 2,300 words and 23 paintings.
72 pages in a full-color, perfect-bound paperback, 8” x 10”.
Linked, Still
Well, I Hope This Finds You All: A Semester in 30 Vignettes
Written in 2021 and revised for publication in 2026, this is a “true novella” told in 30 creative nonfiction vignettes about being a high school English teacher. It’s funnier than it sounds.
56 pages, perfect-bound paperback, 6” x 9”.
An artist book featuring a poem by Lishai Peel and visuals by me. Lishai was the Poet in Place for the City of Hamilton in 2024-2025.
If you are local to Hamilton, contact me for a copy. There are some available for sale at Dundas Valley School of Art and at Mulberry Coffeehouse while supplies last.
Claim Me: A Poem About Hamilton
Some of my other writing you can read online:
Decomposition in Hippocampus Magazine (nominated for a Pushcart Prize!) (September 2023)
Covering Jim’s Last Period Class While He Goes to Get a Divorce in Prose Online (June 2022)