Ancient Aliens

is author of the poetry collections Cosmic Idiot (Saturnalia), Cool Limbo (NYQ Books) and Daddy (NYQ Books) and editor of the Lambda Finalist essay anthology My Diva: 65 Gay Men on the Women Who Inspire Them (University of Wisconsin Press). His poems have appeared in Poem-a-Day, Poetry Daily, Prairie Schooner, North American Review, Barrelhouse, The Cincinnati Review, Poet Lore, and Phoebe. His essays have appeared in The Rumpus, Huffington Post and Advocate.com. In 2026 he was awarded a residency at MacDowell. He lives in NYC and teaches at NYU and CUNY City College.