His first collection, The Low Passions, was published by W. W. Norton & Company in 2019.

[1] Norton published his second collection, Disease of Kings, in 2023.

[5][6] He is a former professional rollerblader,[7] and has written extensively about dumpster diving,[8] as well as hopping freight trains and traveling the country.

Carlson-Wee studied at Fairhaven College of Western Washington University before earning his MFA at Vanderbilt University.

[19] Anders is co-director of the poetry film Riding the Highline, which has won numerous prizes at film festivals.