She is the author of two books of poetry: Fort Red Border (2009) and Hymn for the Black Terrific (2013), both from Sarabande Books. Her poems have appeared in Best American Poetry, Tin House, The New York Times, and elsewhere. She holds an MFA in Creative Writing from the Iowa Writer's Workshop and an MA in Humanities from the University of Chicago. She co-edits TRANSOM, an on-line poetry journal.