What Behind Our Town Offers Monthly
A print of a poem from my archives.
A print of an artwork from my archives.
A signed letter about the poem, artwork and other thoughts.
The Archives
My archives hold hundreds of poems from thirty chapbooks and thousands of drawings and paintings described as joyful and expansive.
Out-of-print poems and privately-held artworks will be shared through this snail mail club.
About
I am an autistic poet and artist.
My new collection, The Importance of Being Feeble-Minded (Nine Mile Books, 2025), is available now through Syracuse University Press and wherever books are sold.
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Naomi Shihab Nye"One of my favorite poets ever!"
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K. Iver"Each poem invites me to stay, long after its end. I’m astonished at how possible they make a tender world seem."
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Airea D. Matthews"Poem after poem, Spoon delivers a tender truth of what it means to figure out the world around through a neurodivergent lens and the sublimity found in the everyday moment."
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Mónica Gomery"Spoon’s language distills the complex into something nested and true. Each poem is a micro- and macrocosm: the brown glass bottle containing a universe, the cabin mirror holding a whole human relationship, a dream cupping another dimension within it."
Contact
behindourtown@gmail.com