upfromsumdirt is the author of four chapbooks and the full- length collection, DEIFYING A TOTAL DARKNESS (Harry Tankoos Books, 2020) and TO EMIT TEAL (Broadstone Books, 2020). He is a 2010 winner of Kentucky's Al Smith Award for Art (as Ronald Davis), whose visual work has graced the covers of The African American Review, Tidal Basin Review, Mythium Literary Journal, and various book covers for a variety of published authors. If so moved you can find him across the spectrum of social media sites.