International poetry enthusiast, literary critic, and writer working at the intersection of language, translation, and digital culture.
I read, write, and support poetry in translation, and I help technical and creative organizations communicate with precision and integrity.
I read and support poetry in translation, write about literature and meaning-making, organize reading series, and work professionally with language as a strategist and marketer. These pursuits are simultaneously separate and connected by means of the single mind working them all. They are different expressions of the same concern: how ideas move between people, cultures, and systems, and how trust is built through careful use of language.
My work is rooted in attention. To words, to context, to what is gained or lost when something is carried from one place to another. Whether I am writing about international poetry or helping an organization clarify its public voice, the goal is the same: to make meaning legible without flattening it.
Poetry and Translation
Poetry in translation is how most readers encounter the world’s literary traditions. I maintain a growing, country-based index of translated poetry that serves as a guide to poets, books, translators, and presses working across languages. This project is an act of advocacy as much as curation. Translation is labor. Translators matter. Context matters.
Alongside the index, I write criticism and essays that approach poetry as a record of how people live under pressure, make sense of history, and speak to one another across time.
Strategy and Language Work
Professionally, I work as a digital marketer and strategist with technical and creative organizations. My focus is language. How people describe their work, how audiences understand it, and how trust is built through clarity rather than volume.
This includes digital marketing, SEO and AI-aware content strategy, brand development, thought leadership, analytics and dashboarding, paid media, and long-form communication such as newsletters. I work best with teams who care about precision, coherence, and long-term credibility.
Reading Series and Community Work
I organize and support poetry readings and literary events that emphasize listening, discussion, and shared attention. These are intentional gatherings meant to foreground the work itself rather than highlighting personal brands or self-promotion. Documentation and archives are maintained when possible, so the work continues beyond the moment.
Writing and Literary Work
I write essays, criticism, and long-form reflections on poetry, translation, culture, and attention. My writing is not academic, but it is serious. I am interested in how language shapes perception and how literature survives through care, interpretation, and rereading.
I also organize and support poetry readings and literary events that create space for sustained listening rather than spectacle. These gatherings are an extension of the same values that guide my writing: respect for the work and for the audience.
Four doors out of this room
Read. Listen. Imagine. Gather.
A website is only one kind of room. These are the others: the inbox, the voice, the story, and the gathering.
Riantly, or with Laughter
Essays, poems, reading notes, and literary reflections for people who want to stay close to language.
Subscribe on Substack → 02 ListenRiantly Poems
Slow poetry readings, translated poems, and informal reflections on what a poem leaves behind.
Watch on YouTube → 03 ImagineMutualities
Fantasy short stories, invented worlds, strange premises, and small fictional architectures.
Read the fiction → 04 GatherOther People’s Poems
A Seattle reading series for featured poets, open mic readers, and anyone who wants to spend an evening listening on purpose.
Follow the series →Getting in Touch
If you are here because of the poetry, you are welcome to explore and read at your own pace. If you are here because of the strategy and language work, you likely already know whether this approach aligns with what you need.
Either way, conversation begins with curiosity.