Shakespeare Redacted

poetry by the blasphemous rogue Stephen Cramer

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For Stephen Cramer, the possibility of collaborating with the greatest author of all time was too great an opportunity to pass up. In these blackout poems, Cramer used the first and last pages of each of Shakespeare’s plays and crossed out letters and words to come up with his own “poems.” The process is not unlike that of a sculptor who, like Michelangelo shaping David, takes a piece of marble and chisels away at it to discover the form within. On these pages, readers are invited to enjoy the final outcome. Lastly, let it not be unsaid: the blasphemous rogue Stephen Cramer extends all apologies and gratitude to the Bard.

POETRY / Shakespeare

ISBN: 978-1-962082-47-1 (print; softcover; perfect bound)

LCCN: 2024951357

Released November 2024  |  Copyright 2024

168 pages

Author Biography

Stephen Cramer’s first book of poems, Shiva’s Drum, was selected for the National Poetry Series and published by University of Illinois Press. Bone Music, his sixth, won the Louise Bogan Award. His ninth, The Disintegration Loops, was a finalist for the Vermont Book Award. He is also the editor of Turn It Up! Music in Poetry from Jazz to Hip-Hop. Cramer’s work has appeared in journals such as The American Poetry Review, African American Review, The Yale Review, and Harvard Review. He teaches writing and literature at the University of Vermont and lives with his wife and teenager in Burlington.

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