Stephen Cramer’s first book of poems, Shiva’s Drum, was selected for the National Poetry Series and published by University of Illinois Press. His second, Tongue & Groove, was also published by University of Illinois. From the Hip, which follows the history of hip hop in a series of 56 sonnets, and A Little Thyme & A Pinch of Rhyme, a cookbook in haiku and sonnets, came out from Wind Ridge Press in 2014 and 2015. Bone Music, his most recent collection, was selected by Kimiko Hahn for the 2015 Louise Bogan Award and published in 2016 by Trio House Press. His work has appeared in journals such as The American Poetry Review, African American Review, The Yale Review, Harvard Review, and Hayden’s Ferry Review. An Assistant Poetry Editor at Green Mountains Review, he teaches writing and literature at the University of Vermont and lives with his wife and daughter in Burlington.
Senior Lecturer
Publications
Disintegration Loops, Serving House Books (February 26, 2021) | |
The Hot Sauce Madness Love Burn Suite , Serving House Books, 2020 | |
Turn It Up!: Music in Poetry from Jazz to Hip-Hop Edited by Stephen Cramer; Sundog Poetry, 2020 | |
A Jar of Moon Air: Selected Poems of Jaime Sabines, translated by Stephen Cramer and Alejandro Merizalde, Literal Press, 2017 | |
Bone Music, winner of the Louise Bogan Award, Trio House Press, 2016 | |
A Little Thyme & A Pinch of Rhyme (A Cookbook in Haiku & Sonnets), Wind Ridge Books, 2015 | |
From the Hip, A Concise History of Hip Hop (in sonnets), Wind Ridge Books, 2014 | |
Tongue & Groove, University of Illinois Press, 2007 | |
Shiva’s Drum, winner of the National Poetry Series, University of Illinois Press, 2004 |
Awards and Recognition
Winner of the Louise Bogan Award, 2015
Creation Grant from the Vermont Arts Council, Sept. 2007
Nominated for four Pushcart Prizes
Finalist, Balcones Poetry Prize for Shiva’s Drum, 2004
Winner of the National Poetry Series, 2003
Alice M. Sellers Award from the Academy of American Poets, 1998
Areas of Expertise and/or Research
20th-Century and contemporary poetry, creative writing
Education
- M.A. City College of New York, 1998
Contact
Email:
Office Location:
407 Old Mill
Office Hours:
By appointment
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Courses Taught
- Expository Writing
- Intro to Creative Writing
- Introduction to Poetry
- Introduction to Fiction
- Jazz Poetry
- Types of Literature
- Written Expression
- American Literature