He was born in 1947 and raised on Long Island.
Since 1980 he worked at the Library of Congress, where he was a union activist (i.e. shop steward, executive officer, union rep and contract negotiator) for Local 2910 of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME).
His work appeared in magazines and anthologies including: In the American Tree (edited by Ron Silliman) and From the Other Side of the Century.
He lives in Maryland with the poet Tina Darragh.
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