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Stephen Cramer is an American poet.
Life
He teaches at the University of Vermont.
His work appeared in Atlanta Review, Cimarron Review, Green Mountains Review, Hayden's Ferry Review, Mid-American Review, New York Quarterly, and Southwest Review.
He is with the American poets opposed to the death penalty.
Awards
- 2008 grant from the Vermont Arts Council.
- 2003 National Poetry Series
Reviews
Imagine a man in the subway who removes his shirt and starts picking a scab. Would you look the other way? I would, but I think Stephen Cramer would watch and find an uncomfortable beauty about the scene. He writes with uncommon courage. His new book Tongue & Groove has poems of the sublime and the ugly. This collection builds on his first book, Shiva’s Drum, but Cramer owns his style more boldly. This book distinguishes itself with an earnest voice. He approaches even unorthodox subjects with the mindfulness of a Buddhist monk.
Works
- Shiva's drum: poems. University of Illinois Press. 2004. ISBN 978-0-252-07204-8.
- Tongue and groove. University of Illinois. 2007. ISBN 978-0-252-03236-3.