Photo by R. Cross

Carl is from Georgia, Vermont, a town with no stoplights or zip code.

They graduated from Emerson College without smoking or playing Quidditch.

They hold an MFA from the University of Michigan Helen Zell Writers’ Program. Sometimes they set it down.

Their work appears in LitHub, Black Warrior Review, Hunger Mountain, and disappears in direct sunlight.

They write “Shut Up, I Love This Song.”

They run Miller Press.

Their instagram is @Carlrlavigne.

They are still interested in starting a My Chemical Romance cover band. Inquire within.

Their agent is Lisa Grubka at United Talent Agency.