WRITING

“Raised in the Blue Ridge foothills of rural Appalachia, I discovered music down the radio dial of country music call letters and between Baptist hymnal pages. My interest in songwriting began while pursuing a B.F.A. in Creative Writing at UNC-Wilmington (1999-2003). This devotion to poetic storytelling remains at the center of my work—in exploring intersections of culture, place, and perspective; in honoring the power of collected words on a page; in the careful negotiation of succinctness, imagery, curiosity, and meaning. Being a creator is how I choose to spend most of my time and where I process my lived experience; it’s where I try to make sense of things, or make peace with them.”