I am an American poet, editor, and educator currently living in Normal, IL. I am a Ph.D. candidate in English Studies at Illinois State University. My hometown is Palatine, IL, a suburb of Chicago.


Publications

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My first full-length collection of poems, Map of the Hydrogen World, was published by Cracked Slab Books in December, 2008. I have also authored a chapbook called cessation covers (Funtime Press, 2007).

My creative and critical work has been published in the following journals: Jacket, Cordite Poetry Review, moria, OCHO #11, Another Chicago Magazine (ACM), milk magazine, PFS Post, Alehouse, Tears in the Fence, and The November 3rd Club.

I have edited the online journal Seven Corners since 2006, which publishes Chicago and Midwestern poets of note. Seven Corners has featured over forty different poets.

I maintain several blogs, including Fluid / Exchange, which features cultural and literary commentary; Steve Halle Teaches Composition, which is a portfolio surveying my studies in composition theory and praxis; and Composition as Critical Inquiry, a hub for the first-year composition class I teach.