Photo Credit — AleXander Hirka — Promotional photo for release of ltd edition of “Seamless”

What Were You Doing in 2011?

I kissed gatekeepers goodbye and collaborated with my partner in life and art on this self-published book

2011 was the last year any official gatekeepers noticed my work. I was nominated for inclusion in the annual Pushcart anthology that year (not for this book, btw). It might be different now but in those days the only way to find out if you…