Name Shane McCrae | Role Poet | |
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Books Forgiveness Forgiveness, The Animal Too Big to Kill: Poems, In Canaan, The Mule, Nonfiction | ||
Shane mccrae the 7 last words of christ
Shane McCrae (born September 22, 1975, Portland, Oregon) is an American poet. He is the author of the poetry collections The Animal Too Big to Kill (winner of the 2014 Lexi Rudnitsky/Editor's Choice Award; published in 2015 by Persea Books), Forgiveness Forgiveness (Factory Hollow Press, 2014), Blood (Noemi Press, 2013), and Mule (Cleveland State University Poetry Center, 2011). McCrae was the recipient of a 2011 Whiting Award, and in 2012 his collection Mule was a finalist for the Kate Tufts Discovery Award and a PEN Center USA Literary Award. In 2013, McCrae received a fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts. His poems have appeared in numerous journals and anthologies, including Best American Poetry 2010, American Poetry Review, African American Review, Fence, and AGNI.
Contents
- Shane mccrae the 7 last words of christ
- Little village interview with dora malech and shane mccrae
- Early life and education
- Career
- Personal life
- References
Little village interview with dora malech and shane mccrae
Early life and education
Born in Portland, Oregon, McCrae moved to California when he was 10 years old. He was raised by his white grandparents. His biological mother is white and his biological father is black. He dropped out of high school and later earned a GED certificate. He attended Chemeketa Community College. In 2002, McCrae graduated from Linfield College in McMinnville, Oregon. In 2004, he earned a Master of Fine Arts from the University of Iowa in Iowa City. In 2007, he graduated from Harvard Law School with a JD. In 2012, he earned a Master of Arts from the University of Iowa.
Career
McCrae is an Assistant Professor in the Creative Writing program at Oberlin College in Ohio. He also teaches in the brief-residency MFA program at Spalding University in Louisville, Kentucky.
Personal life
McCrae lives in Oberlin, Ohio.
