he has authored four novels : talk : a novel in dialogue ( 2002 ) , we are billion-year-old carbon ( 2006 ) , the ballad of the two tom mores ( 2010 ) , and following richard brautigan ( 2010 ) ; two full-length poetry collections : some identity problems ( 2008 ) and before the great troubling ( 2011 ) ; and three books of short stories : listen : 29 short conversations ( 2009 ) , notes toward the story and other stories ( 2011 ) , and ill give you something to cry about ( 2011 ) .