About

I'm Mike, a Navy kid who's moved more than 20 times. I like cooking, riding my bike everywhere, watching baseball, drinking good beer, making people laugh at my enthusiasm for Slurpees, and frustrating my friends by always being punctual.

I graduated from James Madison University with a BA in English and George Mason University with an MFA in poetry. At JMU, I created and piloted the university's first writing center with a staff professor. At George Mason, I taught undergraduate writing classes and worked on both university literary journals.

I live in Minneapolis with my wife and our dog, Huckleberry Finn.