Poet Steven Cramer to Give Reading as Part of the Visiting Writers Series

As part of the Creative Writing Program's Visiting Writers Lecture Series, poet Steven Cramer will give a reading on Tuesday, Sept. 28 at 7:30 p.m. in the Levis Browsing Room (Dinand Library). The event is free and open to the public.

Steven Cramer is the author of four poetry collections: The Eye That Desires to Look Upward (1987); The World Book (1992); Dialogue for the Left and Right Hand (l997) and the recently released Goodbye to the Orchard (Sarabande, 2004). His poems and criticism have appeared in numerous literary journals, including the Atlantic Monthly, The Nation, The New Republic, The Paris Review and Poetry.

The recipient of fellowships from the Massachusetts Artists Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts, he has taught literature and writing at Bennington College, Boston University, Tufts, and M.I.T. He currently directs the low-residency program in creative writing at Lesley University in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

This series is organized by Robert Cording, James N. and Sarah L. O'Reilly Barrett Chair in Creative Writing, in the English department.