education

  • master of fine arts / creative writing: poetry / b.y.u / 2015 – 2018

  • bachelor of arts / english / b.y.u / 2012 – 2015

  • minor / studio art / b.y.u / 2012 – 2015

  • associate of arts / snow college / 2010 – 2012

publications

  • the book of olith / with chase henson / forthcoming

  • excerpts from aphrodisiacs / orogeny / spring 2020

  • distinctions / inscape journal / winter 2014

  • that glow of sticky, fragile, torn, heavy life / collision magazine / spring 2014

  • dearest father / inscape journal / fall 2014

stageplays

  • bestiary / salt lake fringe festival / salt lake city / utah / 10 – 12 august 2018

  • the lost generation: hemingway / boxcar studios / provo / utah / 26 february 2018

lyrics

  • the zookeeper / with music by david jones / shepherd school of music composers’ forum / hirsch rehearsal hall / rice university / houston / texas / 8 april 2018

screenplays

  • cabin four / with willie burton and mohamed eftin / forthcoming

reviews

  • karin anderson’s before us like a land of dreams / 15 bytes / 13 june 2019

  • the wider self in michael mejia’s tokyo / 15 bytes / 11 march 2018

  • the imagination of history and gender in katharine coles’s look both ways / 15 bytes / 10 march 2019

readings

  • stage presence / the clubhouse / salt lake city / utah / february 21 2023

  • voxcar / boxcar studios / salt lake city / utah / august 18 2021

  • fourth eve / boxcar studios / provo / utah / 3 july 2019

  • duality of the sun and moon / boxcar studios / provo / utah / 29 june 2019

  • utah arts festival: big mouth stage / salt lake city / utah / 21 june 2019

  • pioneer book / provo / utah / 9 april 2019 / 18:30

  • krcl 90.1 radio / salt lake city / utah / 8 april 2019 / 18:00–19:00

  • mapleton farmer’s market / mapleton / utah / 10 september 2018

  • kinnabari tea ceremony / u west / salt lake city / utah / 22 august 2018

  • utah arts festival: big mouth stage / salt lake city / utah / 22 june 2018

  • the dream that god had / boxcar studios / provo / utah / 8 may 2018

  • the living bricks / salt lake city / utah / 3 february 2018

  • the living room / boxcar studios / provo / utah / 17 september 2017

  • kelly larsen’s scratch the surface / boxcar studios / provo / utah / 9 september 2017

  • la galerie d'art social / paris / france / 14 may 2017

  • scissor and bone / with joe ostraff / orem / utah / 9 december 2016

  • tiny mansion on the corner / provo / utah / 9 november 2016

  • lithic bookstore and gallery / fruita / colorado / 8 october 2016

  • byu english reading series / provo / utah / 11 march 2016

performances

  • edgar allan poe’s vaudevillian parade / as poe / boxcar x / salt lake city / utah / 16 october 2021

  • you’re a star / erotic dance performance / building man / green river / utah / 15 october 2021

  • andy warholoween / as andy warhol / voodoo productions / salt lake city / utah / 30 october 2020

  • friday the thirteenth hell party / as the devil / with alex vaughn / provo / utah / 13 march 2020

  • full term / one / two / three / four / as voice / with sára bown / march 2020

  • andy warholoween / as andy warhol / voodoo productions / salt lake city / utah / october 2019

  • edgar allan poe and virginia woolf’s night of fated lovers / as poe / boxcar studios / provo / utah / 15 february 2019

  • black sheep friendsgiving / as chimney sweep / boxcar studios and voodoo productions / provo / utah / 23 november 2018 /

  • alice by tom waits / of watch her disappear / boxcar studios / provo / utah / 29 october 2018

  • the secret stage: a music, art and culinary experience / with sean hayes and book on tape worm / as weary wanderer / sundance resort / provo / utah / 14 september 2018

  • cirque l’amour / as perfumer / voodoo productions / salt lake city / utah / 10 february 2018

  • mr. edgar allen poe’s valentine celebration / as edgar allan poe / boxcar studios / provo / utah / 2 february 2018

  • secret slc’s new year’s eve / as closet poet / secret slc / salt lake city / utah / 31 december 2017 - 1 january 2018

  • the metamorphosis of the hive / with the boxcar studios / woodbury art museum / orem / utah / 15 december 2017

poetry portraits

  • poetry portraits / 11 august 2017 / garden park / salt lake city / utah

  • poetry portraits / with meg mcmanama / 6 may 2018 / gallivan center / salt lake city / utah

  • poetry portraits / with piper america / [date] / boxcar studios / provo / utah

  • poem portraits / at lehi park / sometime i think spring 2019?

  • poem fortunes / boxcar studios gallery opening / [date]

productions

  • fork fest / assistant production / 11 june 2022

  • the national parks music video / [objects job] 2 october 2021

  • craft lake city / assistant production / 16 august 2021

  • fork fest / 19 june 2021

  • dreamscapes / 3 february 2021

  • fork fest / 4 september 2020

  • olivia rodrigo’s driver’s license music video / [objects job] / 23 october 2020

  • boxcar x / [date] – july 2022

  • bedject devil commercial / 12 april 2018

  • oh yeah, that movie like the goonies one or something

  • rocktober

  • other boxcar x events that you produced

residencies

  • boxcar x / june 2020 – july 2022

modeling

  • nerd model / high school / november 2007

  • painting model / with dallin

  • nude drawing model / with dallin

  • photo model / voodoo productions / 3 october 2020

workshops

  • building man / jenkstar ranch / green river / utah / 28 april 2023

lectures

  • substrate poetry / utah academy of science, arts, & letters / salt lake city / utah / 10 march 2016

hostings

  • stage presence / the clubhouse / salt lake city / utah / 21 february 2023

  • voxcar / boxcar x / salt lake city / utah / july – december 2021

installations

  • poet’s graffiti studio / with salt lake city public / boxcar x / salt lake city / utah / july 2021 – july 2022

  • the psychonaut: an immersive narrative / dreamscapes / gateway mall / salt lake city / utah / february 2021

  • the writing on the wall / dreamscapes / gateway mall / salt lake city / utah / june 2020

  • the dream that god had / boxcar studios / provo / utah / 8 may 2018

  • the metamorphosis of the hive / woodbury art museum / orem / utah / 15 december 2017 - 5 march 2018

  • already open / with artist sára bown / gallery 303 / hfac / provo / utah / 5 july – 13 july 2017

courses

  • intro to writing / u.v.u. / orem / utah / fall 2024

  • intro to writing / u.v.u. / orem / utah / spring 2024

  • intro to writing / u.v.u. / orem / utah / fall 2023

  • intro to writing / u.v.u. / orem / utah / spring 2021

  • intro to writing / u.v.u. / orem / utah / fall 2020

  • intro to writing / u.v.u. / orem / utah / spring 2020

  • intro to writing / u.v.u. / orem / utah / fall 2019

  • intro to writing / u.v.u. / orem / utah / spring 2019

  • intro to writing / b.y.u. / provo / utah / winter 2019

  • intro to writing / u.v.u. / orem / utah / fall 2018

  • intro to writing / b.y.u. / provo / utah / fall 2018

  • intro to writing / b.y.u. / provo / utah / winter 2018

  • intro to writing / b.y.u. / provo / utah / fall 2017

  • intro to creative writing / b.y.u. / provo / utah / summer 2017

  • intro to writing / b.y.u. / provo / utah / winter 2016

editorships

  • elsewhere mag / digital / provo / utah / issues 11 to 18

  • inscape literary journal / editor in chief / digital / b.y.u. / provo / utah / winter 2017

  • inscape literary journal / editor in chief / print / b.y.u. / provo / utah / fall 2017

  • inscape literary journal / poetry editor / print / b.y.u. / provo / utah / fall 2016

  • weeds literary magazine / print / snow college / ephraim / utah / winter 2012

apprenticeships

  • jake buntjer / boxcar studios / assistant to the artist / 2018 – 2022

  • joey franklin / intro to creative writing / b.y.u. / provo / utah / winter 2017

  • michael lavers / english reading series / b.y.u. / provo / utah / 2016 – 2017

  • christopher loke / jolly fish press / associate publisher / 2012 – 2017

  • suzanne dean / sanpete messenger / writer and photographer / 2010 – 2012

judgings

  • poetry slam invitational / herriman high school / herriman / utah / 28 february 2020

  • poetry slam invitational / herriman high school / herriman / utah / 22 november 2019

  • utah arts festival high school slam / salt lake city / utah / 21 june 2019

  • poetry slam / paradigm high school / south jordan / utah / 1 march 2019

  • grizzly invitational poetry slam / copper hills high school / west jordan / utah / 21 april 2017

  • poetry jam / byu moa / provo / utah / 6 april 2017

interests

  • poetry

  • fiction

  • creative non-fiction

  • walt whitman

  • william carlos williams

  • william wordsworth

  • current american literature

references

  • christa albrecht-crane / department of english / uvu / christaa@uvu.edu

  • kimberly johnson / department of english / byu / kimberly_johnson@byu.edu

  • steve tuttle / department of english / byu / stephen_tuttle@byu.edu

  • michael lavers / department of english / byu / michael.lavers@gmail.com

  • lance larsen / department of english / byu / lance_larsen@byu.edu

  • brian jackson / department of english / byu / brian_jackson@byu.edu

  • joey franklin / department of english / byu / joey_franklin@byu.edu