Recipient of an NEA Fellowship in Fiction in 2012 and finalist for the Autumn House Press Fiction Prize in '23, '24, and '25, Paul's prose and poetry have appeared in The Barcelona Review, The Portland Review, The American Journal of Poetry, and Thin Air Magazine, among others. His novel, The Less Said, will be published by What Books Press in October 2026. He currently teaches creative writing and literature at the University of Wyoming.