Jerry's books include Creature (2003), Gatherings (2004), and Spirit Under Construction (2017). His poems appear in America, Best American Poetry (2009), Boulevard, Cincinnati Review, Commonweal, december, The Iowa Review, The Journal, Kenyon Review, Laurel Review, Notre Dame Review, Pleiades, Poetry Northwest, and The Wallace Stevens Journal, among other places. His reviews appear in American Book Review. He teaches at Lewis & Clark College.