Cameron Awkward-Rich

Cameron Awkward-Rich is a black, trans writer & educator, currently living in Northampton, MA. His first collection of poetry, Sympathetic Little Monster (Ricochet Editions, 2016), was a finalist for a Lambda Literary Award. His second collection, Dispatch, was the winner of the 2018 Lexi Rudnitsky Editor’s Choice award & was published by Persea Books in December, 2019. Cam’s writing has appeared in American Poetry Review, Poetry, Paris Review, Transgender Studies Quarterly, & elsewhere. His work, both critical & creative, has been supported by fellowships from Cave Canem, The Watering Hole, ACLS, & Duke University. Presently, he is an assistant professor of Women, Gender, Sexuality Studies at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, where he teaches courses in trans studies, queer/feminist theory, & writing.