Selected Publications

Here is a bibliography of some of my writing.

Books

 a good possible year for an apocalypse: poems. Winchester, VA: Red Moon Press, 2025.

Ethics for Apocalyptic Times: Theapoetics, Autotheory, and Mennonite Literature. University Park: Pennsylvania State University Press, 2024.

Co-authored with James Knippen. It Breaks Your Heart: Haiku and Senryu on the 2023 New York Mets. Alpharetta, GA: Redheaded Press, 2024.

Queering Mennonite Literature: Archives, Activism, and the Search for Community. University Park: Pennsylvania State University Press, 2019.

Poetry

Here is my poet profile in the Haiku Foundation’s Haiku Registry.

“evening train the sun disappearing into the Hudson.” Blithe Spirit 35, no. 4 (November 2025): 46.

“muggy morning my knee brace sets off the security scanner.” #FemkuMag 40 (Autumn/Winter 2025): 10.

“thinking about revolution their new lingerie.” #FemkuMag 40 (Autumn/Winter 2025): 29.

“watching true crime / how a rib / resembles the moon.” #FemkuMag 40 (Autumn/Winter 2025): 29.

“newly-painted crosswalk pigeon prints.” Frogpond 48, no. 3 (Autumn 2025): 21.

“You’re Either Safe Or You’re Out” (haibun). Frogpond 48, no. 3 (Autumn 2025): 72.

“constitutional crisis my depillomania.” Kingfisher 12 (October 2025): 47.

“subway the sweat travels down my back.” Acorn 55 (Fall 2025): 38.

“dahlias in the post office window new collector’s stamps.” Modern Haiku 56, no. 3 (Autumn 2025): 21.

“funeral flight / still moved / by the insides of clouds.” Nowhere Else: Haiku and Senryu Celebrating Haiku North America 2025, edited by Michael Dylan Welch and Chuck Brickley, 17. Sammamish, WA: Press Here, 2025.

“Femku Feature: Daniel Shank Cruz.” Suite of seven poems. #FemkuMag 39 (Summer 2025): 75-77. Includes the haibun “After the Election,” a 2025 Pushcart Prize nominee, 2025 Haiku Foundation Touchstone Award for Individual Poems nominee, 2025 Red Moon Press Anthology nominee, and 2025 Contemporary Haibun Anthology nominee.

“rain against the window the sound of society collapsing.” Frogpond 48, no. 2 (Spring/Summer 2025): 13.

“budding moon the kidnappings continue.” confluence 10 (14 June 2025).

“morning subway cops surveilling their phones.” confluence 10 (14 June 2025).

“posting haiku on Insta the sound of soft rain.” Blithe Spirit 35, no. 2 (May 2025): 43.

“pigeons / outside my window / long COVID.” seashores 14 (April 2025): 22.

“painting my nails green snowday.” seashores 14 (April 2025): 22.

“Community.” Special issue of collaborative pieces by confluence fellows, including a shared sequence, “Lucid,” by Carissa Coane, Rowan Beckett Minor, and Daniel Shank Cruz; a meld-ku by Carissa Coane, Daniel Shank Cruz, and Rowan Beckett Minor; a haiga by Daniel Shank Cruz and Rowan Beckett Minor; and a haibun, “A Thorn in the Flesh,” by Daniel Shank Cruz and Rowan Beckett Minor. confluence 9 (28 April 2025).

“freezing night / a streetlight / dying.” Acorn 54 (Spring 2025): 27.

“Daniel Shank Cruz: What is Found in Poetry.” Special issue containing twenty-seven poems and an essay, “Re-visioning the Tradition,” by me, and commentary by Ryland Shengzhi Li, David Green, Nicky Gutierrez, and Rowan Beckett Minor. confluence 7 (23 February 2025). Includes the haiku “when did the magnolia blossoms disappear campus protests,” a 2025 Pushcart Prize nominee.

“Thinking About the Book of Esther, October 2023: A Senryu Sequence.” Drawing Near: A Devotional Journey with Art, Poetry, and Reflection, edited by Eileen Kinch and John D. Roth, 96. Harrisonburg, VA: Herald Press, 2025.

“trick or treat the children without coats this year.” Modern Haiku 56, no. 1 (Winter-Spring 2025): 18.

“heartbreak / not wanting to acknowledge / the multiverse.” Blithe Spirit 35, no. 1 (February 2025): 42.

“Cold Moon / the tundra / of my depression.” Blithe Spirit 35, no. 1 (February 2025): 8.

“giving blood the nurse’s cologne.” #FemkuMag 37 (Autumn/Winter 2024).

“pennant race / the cameraman focuses / on the full moon.” #FemkuMag 37 (Autumn/Winter 2024). 2024 Haiku Foundation Touchstone Award for Individual Poems nominee.

“ancient starlight / the stones / under my sleeping bag.” Kingfisher 10 (October 2024): 77.

“In my dream they kiss me on the Staten Island Ferry” (haibun). Modern Haiku 55, no. 3 (Autumn 2024): 85. 2024 Pushcart Prize nominee. 2024 Best Small Fictions nominee.

“slow enough to count the dandelions new cane.” Modern Haiku 55, no. 3 (Autumn 2024): 21.

“picket line too angry to write haiku.” #FemkuMag 36 (Summer 2024): 24.

“when did the magnolia blossoms disappear campus protests.” #FemkuMag 36 (Summer 2024): 16. 2024 Red Moon Press Anthology nominee.

“day moon the drone of a lawnmower.” Blithe Spirit 34, no. 3 (August 2024): 4.

“full moon / the skyline / a patchwork of lights.” Blithe Spirit 34, no. 2 (May 2024): 22.

“in season watermelon emojis.” Acorn 52 (Spring 2024): 16.

“summer shower the move to hospice.” Modern Haiku 55, no. 1 (Winter-Spring 2024): 19.

“sunrise / on the escalator / a delivery bike.” Kingfisher 8 (October 2023): 5. 2023 Haiku Foundation Touchstone Award for Individual Poems nominee.

“on the subway our backpacks kiss.” Kingfisher 8 (October 2023): 39.

“air quality warning / the out-of-tune / ice cream truck.” Kingfisher 8 (October 2023): 69.

“May Day another book ban.” Modern Haiku 54, no. 3 (Autumn 2023): 19.

“Groundhog Day another moving truck outside.” Modern Haiku 54, no. 2 (Summer 2023): 26.

“winter solstice / his sun tattoo / half under the sheet.” Kingfisher 7 (April 2023): 70.

“leaves turning another medical bill.” Modern Haiku 54, no. 1 (Winter-Spring 2023): 20.

“winter sky     smell of leather in the dungeon.” Heterodox Haiku 1, Autumn 2022, 49, https://issuu.com/heterodoxhaikujournal/docs/heterodox_issue_i_art_bananas. Best of the Net 2024 Anthology nominee.

“morning petrichor / the ambulance / splatters a puddle.” Frogpond 45, no. 3 (Autumn 2022): 15.

“Memorial Day / embers / another mass shooting.” Modern Haiku 53, no. 3 (Autumn 2022): 17.

Three poems. The Unexpected Weight: The Haiku Society of America Mentorship Program Anthology 2021, ed. Jay Friedenberg, 111. N.p.: Haiku Society of America, 2022.

“Halloween / fewer and fewer / pandemic haiku.” Modern Haiku 53, no. 1 (Winter-Spring 2022): 19.

“pandemic / she’s braless / all the time.” Modern Haiku 52, no. 2 (Summer 2021): 24.

“pandemic / my manic Mondays / on hold.” Kingfisher 3 (April 2021): 33.

“pandemic / no tan lines / where I wear my watch.” Frogpond 44, no. 1 (Winter 2021): 15.

“back-to-school sale / he doesn’t / text back.” Kingfisher 2 (December 2020): 57.

“summer solstice / the empty / Little League field.” Stardust Haiku 44 (August 2020): 5, https://drive.google.com/file/d/1uoJ9x4G8Mdq5vZhgAHCCpvqfqWNwehqr/view.

Three senryu. Failed Haiku: A Journal of English Senryu 5, no. 56 (August 2020): 129, http://www.haikuhut.com/FailedHaikuIssue56.pdf.

Two senryu. Kingfisher 1 (June 2020): 16, 78.

Two senryu. Failed Haiku: A Journal of English Senryu 5, no. 53 (May 2020): 99, http://www.haikuhut.com/FailedHaikuIssue53.pdf.

“New York, or What I Learned in Voluntary Service.” Rhubarb, Spring 2008: 21-26.

Essays

“I Look Good in Fish Scales.” Roll with Advantage: Creative, Collaborative, and Critical Responses to Dungeons & Dragons, edited by Suzanne Richardson and Edmond Y. Chang, 1-3. Pittsburgh: Play Story Press, 2025.

“On Postcolonial Mennonite Writing: Theorizing a Queer Latinx Mennonite Life.” In Search of a Mennonite Imagination: Key Texts in Mennonite Literary Criticism, edited by Robert Zacharias, 674-83. Winnipeg: Canadian Mennonite University Press, 2025.

“Commentary from Fellows: Vandana Parashar.” confluence 8 (29 March 2025).

“Commentary from Fellows: Nicky Gutierrez.” confluence 4 (23 November 2024).

“Commentary from Fellows: Rowan Beckett Minor.” confluence 3 (31 October 2024).

“‘in my city’: Diane di Prima and the Lineage of Haiku.” Frogpond 47, no. 3 (Autumn 2024): 142-51.

“Writing the Storm.” Sana, Sana: Latinx Pain and Radical Visions for Healing and Justice, edited by David Luis Glisch-Sánchez and Nic Rodríguez-Villafañe, 29-32. Brooklyn: Common Notions, 2023.

“Bed.” healthline zine 2, March 2023, 20-21.

“Mennonite Literature’s Queer Decolonial Anabaptist Vision.” In Anabaptist ReMix: Varieties of Cultural Engagement in North America, edited by Lauren Friesen and Dennis R. Koehn, 287-305. New York: Peter Lang, 2022.

“‘We change–and the whole world changes’: Samuel R. Delany’s Heavenly Breakfast in Context.”  In Dangerous Visions and New Worlds: Radical Science Fiction, 1950-1985, edited by Andrew Nette and Iain McIntyre, 64-69. Oakland: PM Press, 2021.

“Queering Space in Ana Castillo’s Give It to Me.” In Transnational Chicanx Perspectives on Ana Castillo, edited by Bernadine M. Hernández and Karen R. Roybal, 123-33. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 2021.

“Mennonite Speculative Fiction as Political Theology.” Political Theology 22, no. 3 (2021): 211-27, https://doi.org/10.1080/1462317X.2021.1905332.

“Fiction, Theory, Memoir: Sofia Samatar’s ‘Request for an Extension on the Clarity.’” Journal of Mennonite Writing 11, no. 1 (2019).

“The Queer Call of Wes Funk.” Journal of Mennonite Studies 36 (2018): 101-15.

“A Brief History and Bibliography of Queer Mennonite Literature.” Journal of Mennonite Writing 10, no. 3 (2018).

“On Postcolonial Mennonite Writing: Theorizing a Queer Latinx Mennonite Life.” Journal of Mennonite Writing 9, no. 4 (2017).

“Archiving Queer Space in Widows of Hamilton House.” In 11 Encounters with Mennonite Fiction, edited by Hildi Froese Tiessen. Winnipeg: Mennonite Literary Society, 2017. 103-18.

“A Bibliography and Subject Index of Published Work from the Mennonite/s Writing Conferences.” Mennonite Quarterly Review 91.1 (2017): 93-130.

“Learning to Listen in Greg Bechtel’s ‘Smut Stories’.” In Education with the Grain of the Universe: A Peaceable Vision for the Future of Mennonite Schools, Colleges, and Universities, edited by J. Denny Weaver. Telford, PA: Cascadia Publishing House, 2017. 213-22.

“Reading My Life in the Text: Adventures of a Queer Mennonite Critic.” Journal of Mennonite Studies 34 (2016): 280-86.

“Stephen Beachy’s boneyard, the Martyrs Mirror, and Anabaptist Activism.” Mennonite Life 70 (2016).

“Queering Mennonite Literature.” In After Identity: Mennonite Literature in North America, edited by Robert Zacharias. University Park: Pennsylvania State University Press, 2015. 143-58.

“Learning About Gender: Some Stories.” Rhubarb, Winter 2015: 6-8.

“Narrative Ethics in Miriam Toews’s Summer of My Amazing Luck.” Journal of the Center for Mennonite Writing 5.1 (2013).

“Failed Thirdspaces and the Search for Home in Michael Cunningham’s A Home at the End of the World.” Journal of Contemporary Thought 36 (2012): 85-97.

“Writing Back, Moving Forward: Falling Man and DeLillo’s Previous Works.” Italian Americana 29.2 (2011): 138-52.

“The Problematic Treatment of Lesbianism in Julia Alvarez’s ¡Yo!” Crítica Hispánica 31.1 (2009): 127-45.

Edited Projects

Editor, Mennonite/s Writing in Canada, Mennonite/s Writing in the U.S., and General Discussions of Mennonite Literature Bibliographies, 2018-present.

Editor, Queer Mennonite Literature. Special Issue of Journal of Mennonite Writing 10.3 (2018).

Editor, Sports. Special Issue of Journal of the Center for Mennonite Writing 6.4 (2014).

Editor, How Julia Kasdorf Changed My Life: Reflections on Mennonite Identity. Goshen, IN: Pinchpenny Press, 2001.

Reviews

Review of Crazy Bitches: Selected Haibun, by Roberta Beary. Frogpond 48, no. 3 (Autumn 2025): 188-90.

Review of Two Seasons in Israel: A Selection of Peace and War Haiku, by Rick Black. Frogpond 48, no. 2 (Spring/Summer 2025): 146-49.

“A Mosaic, A Shattering.” Review of The White Mosque: A Memoir, by Sofia Samatar. Mennonite Life 77 (2023): https://ml.bethelks.edu/2023/07/12/a-mosaic-a-shattering/.

Review of Fight Night, by Miriam Toews. Mennonite Quarterly Review 97, no. 2 (2023): 269-70.

Review of Field Language: The Painting and Poetry of Warren and Jane Rohrer, edited by Julia Spicher Kasdorf, Christopher Reed, and Joyce Henri Robinson. Religion & Literature, 54, nos. 1-2 (2022): 232-34.

Review of A Dream of a Woman: Stories, by Casey Plett. Journal of Mennonite Studies, 40, no. 1 (2022): 251-53.

“Plowing the Field.” Review of Reading Mennonite Writing: A Study in Minor Transnationalism, by Robert Zacharias. Ancillary Review of Books, 29 June 2022.

Review of Women Talking, by Miriam Toews. Mennonite Quarterly Review 93, no. 3 (2019): 428-31.

Review of The Sins of Angels, by Keith Miller. Journal of Mennonite Studies 35 (2017): 393-95.

Review of Eigenheim, by Joanne Epp. Mennonite Quarterly Review 90.1 (2016): 119-120.

Review of A Safe Girl to Love, by Casey Plett. Mennonite Life 69 (2015).

Review of Everyday Mercies, by Evie Yoder Miller. Mennonite Quarterly Review 89.2 (2015): 350-52.

Review of Stand Our Ground: Poems for Trayvon Martin & Marissa Alexander, ed. Ewuare X. Osayande. Your Impossible Voice, 2014.

Review of Somewhere Near Defiance, by Jeff Gundy. Your Impossible Voice, 2014.

Review of Shaken in the Water, by Jessica Penner. Mennonite Quarterly Review 88.1 (2014): 157-59.

Review of Lillie was a goddess, Lillie was a whore, by Penelope Scambly Schott. Your Impossible Voice, 2013.

Review of Ciento: 100 100-Word Love Poems, by Lorna Dee Cervantes. Rocky Mountain Review 67.1 (2013): 75-76.

Review of Darger’s Resources, by Michael Moon. Rocky Mountain Review 66.2 (2012): 214-15.

Journalism

“Mennonites in Belize.” New York Times, 16 September 2018, ST4.

Presentations

“Manga Censorship Within the Broader Book Ban Epidemic.” AnimeCon, 24 August 2025, Javits Center, New York.

“Seven Poems.” confluence Poet Fellows Reading, 21 June 2025, virtual meeting.

“Running Like Jonah: My Secular Spiritual Writing.” Association of Writers & Writing Programs Annual Conference, 10 February 2024, Kansas City Convention Center, Kansas City, MO.

“Casey Plett Presents On Community, in Conversation with Daniel Shank Cruz.” Interview, 9 November 2023, McNally Jackson Seaport Bookstore, New York.

“Writing Haiku and Senryu.” Mennonite Arts Weekend, 4 February 2023, Pleasant Ridge Presbyterian Church, Cincinnati.

“Theapoetics in Apocalyptic Times.” Mennonite/s Writing 2022: Reflecting on the Past, Creating the Future, 1 October 2022, Goshen College, Goshen, IN.

“Samuel R. Delany and the New Wave.” World Science Fiction Convention, 3 September 2022, virtual meeting.

“Finding a Personal Voice to Cut Up the Paper Face.” Association of Writers & Writing Programs Annual Conference, 25 March 2022, Pennsylvania Convention Center, Philadelphia.

“The Bridge of Lost Desire: A Conversation with Samuel Delany.” Dangerous Visions and New Worlds Radical Science Fiction Symposium, sponsored by City Lights Books and PM Press, 27 February 2022, virtual meeting.

Panel co-organizer with Suzanne Richardson. “Dungeons & Dragons.” Modern Language Association Annual Convention, 8 January 2021, virtual meeting.

“Samuel R. Delany’s Heavenly Breakfast as Queer Theory.” Modern Language Association Annual Convention, 11 January 2020, Washington State Convention Center, Seattle.

“Teaching Intersectional Literature.” Association of Writers & Writing Programs Annual Conference, 30 March 2019, Oregon Convention Center, Portland.

“Queering Space in Ana Castillo’s Give It to Me.” Modern Language Association Annual Convention, 3 January 2019, Hyatt Regency Hotel, Chicago.

“Sofia Samatar’s Postcolonial Queer Mennonite Writing.” Northeast Modern Language Association Annual Convention, 13 April 2018, Omni William Penn Hotel, Pittsburgh.

“Queering Tradition in Jessica Penner’s Shaken in the Water.” Crossing the Line: Women of Anabaptist Traditions Encounter Borders and Boundaries, 23 June 2017, Eastern Mennonite University, Harrisonburg, VA.

“‘It was like reading my own life’: Teaching Mennonite Literature.” Association of Writers & Writing Programs Annual Conference, 10 February 2017, Marriott Hotel, Washington, D.C.

“‘This is my body’: Ethics in Corey Redekop’s Husk.” Modern Language Association Annual Convention, 5 January 2017, Marriott Hotel, Philadelphia.

“Stephen Beachy’s boneyard, the Martyrs Mirror, and Anabaptist Activism.” Mennonite/s Writing VII, 14 March 2015, Fresno Pacific University, Fresno, CA.

“Stephen Beachy’s Haunted boneyard.” Northeast Modern Language Association Annual Convention, 3 April 2014, Hilton Hotel, Harrisburg, PA.

“Queering Mennonite Literature.” After Identity: Mennonite/s Writing in North America Symposium, 30 May 2013, Pennsylvania State University, University Park.

“The Liberating Role of Nudity in Samuel R. Delany’s Non-Fiction.” Modern Language Association Annual Convention, 4 January 2013, Sheraton Hotel, Boston.

“The Liberating Role of Nudity in Samuel R. Delany’s Fiction.” Rocky Mountain Modern Language Association Annual Convention, 13 October 2012, Millennium Harvest Hotel, Boulder, CO.