Gordon's seventh poetry/fiction collection, FROM FALLING, will be published Fall 2016 (Spirit-of-the-Ram P). Work appears in journals like AGNI, KANSAS Q, LOUISVILLE R, MISSISSIPPI R, NEW YORK Q, RHINO, SONORA R, BASEBALL BARD, among others. He has been awarded NEA and NEH Fellowships and been nominated for four Pushcart award and NEA's Western States' Book Awards.He divides personal and professional lives between Asia and the Desert/Mountain Southwest.