His work has appeared in publications such as Narrative, Salon, TriQuarterly, The Chattahoochee Review, Meridian, and The Lifted Brow. He has received fellowships from the Corporation of Yaddo, the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, and VCCA-France. He was previously a visiting assistant professor at DePaul University, in Chicago, and has taught courses in literature and creative writing at Loyola University Chicago and The University of Chicago's Graham School of Continuing Liberal and Professional Studies.