His poems have appeared in many magazines. Some of the magazines where his poetry has been published are "The Iowa Review", "jubilat", "The Nation", "New England Review", "The New Republic", "Oxford American", "The New Yorker", "Enkare Review" and "The Best American Poetry". He serves as an Assistant Editor at "Callaloo". His first book, "Please" won the American Book Award. His book of poetry, "The New Testament", (Copper Canyon Press, 2014) won the 2015 Anisfield-Wolf Book Award.