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