Look at me, I’m a poet.

I’m a fiction writer. But I do like to read poetry and from time to time I also write poetry. I almost NEVER submit my poetry for publication however, because . . . because I don’t know why. I guess because I haven’t studied poetry formally and feel like an impostor.

But recently I did submit a poem, and the good folks at Used Furniture Review accepted it for publication. So here it is: I Said I Was Not Interested. Leave a comment on the magazine’s site if you like the poem.

About the author

I am the author of three novels--THE LAST BIRD OF PARADISE, OLIVER'S TRAVELS, and THE SHAMAN OF TURTLE VALLEY--and three story collections--IN AN UNCHARTED COUNTRY, HOUSE OF THE ANCIENTS AND OTHER STORIES, and WHAT THE ZHANG BOYS KNOW, winner of the Library of Virginia Literary Award for Fiction. I am also the co-founder and former editor of Prime Number Magazine and the editor of the award-winning anthology series EVERYWHERE STORIES: SHORT FICTION FROM A SMALL PLANET.

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