Steven Cramer | |
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| Born | July 24, 1953 Orange, New Jersey, United States |
| Occupation | Professor/Poet |
| Alma mater | Antioch College; University of Iowa |
| Genre | Poetry |
| Notable works | Goodbye to the Orchard (2004), Clangings (2012), Listen (2020), Departures from Rilke (2023) |
| Notable awards | National Endowment for the Arts, Massachusetts Cultural Council |
Steven Cramer (born July 24, 1953 Orange, New Jersey) is an American poet.
He graduated from Antioch College, and University of Iowa. [1]
He taught at Bennington College, Boston University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Tufts University. He teaches at Lesley University. [2] [3]
His work appeared in Antioch Review , [4] The Atlantic Monthly , The Nation , The New Republic , The Paris Review , [5] Partisan Review , Poetry , Triquarterly, and New England Review .
He lives with his wife, Hilary, in Lexington, Massachusetts. [6]
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In the madness is method. Immersion in the loose, musical associations and musings of this book renders a lightness, a sense that one could emerge from life's craziness intact, even whole.
In his sixth collection of poetry, Steven Cramer, founder of the Lesley University MFA program, looks at and through the fogs of memory and depression. In Listen (MadHat), Cramer tries to distill a 'bedlam of thought.' He is, by turns, matter of fact, nailing the sometimes-funny sometimes-sad absurdity of the world. . . [a]nd warmly sensual.
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