It’s here! My first full-length volume of poetry, The Knife Thrower’s Daughter, was published this summer by Moon Tide Press. Moon Tide Press also published my second chapbook, Dead Letter Box, in 2019. Thank you, Editor and Publisher Eric Morago, for your poetic insights, for putting these books into the world, and for all that you do for the poetry community. And thank you, Tyler Kinnaman, for creating such compelling cover art.

Peopled with a range of characters (farm children, early-day factory seamstresses, the 50-Foot Woman, and, yes, carnie folk), the poems in The Knife Thrower’s Daughter reflect the delicate choreography needed to honor our human commitments while reaching for what makes life glorious. But, in typical Niccum style, death and his partner grief are only a misstep away. 

Here’s a link to check it out and to explore other Moon Tide Press offerings.
https://www.moontidepress.com/books

Of course, The Knife Thrower’s Daughter and Dead Letter Box may be purchased from Amazon.com However, I would prefer the proceeds benefit a very distinctive small press whose publisher strives to promote and nurture Southern California poets.