Lamont B. Steptoe (born 1949
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh ( ) is a city in the Commonwealth (U.S. state), Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, United States, and the county seat of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Allegheny County. It is the most populous city in both Allegheny County and Wester ...
) is an
American
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poet
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, photographer and publisher. Steptoe edited and published three collections of the late South African poet and activist,
Dennis Brutus
Dennis Vincent Brutus (28 November 1924 – 26 December 2009) was a South African activist, educator, journalist and poet best known for his campaign to have South Africa banned from the Olympic Games due to its racial policy of apartheid.
...
, under Whirlwind Press.
Life
Steptoe was born and raised in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He graduated from
Temple University
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. He was a
Vietnam veteran, and founder of Whirlwind Press.
Awards
* 2005
American Book Award
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* 1999 Literary Fellow for the
Pennsylvania Council on the Arts
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* 2002 Kuntu Writers Workshop Lifetime Achievement Award in Poetry, from founders
Rob Penny
Robert Lee "Rob" Penny (August 6, 1941 – March 16, 2003) was an American playwright, poet, social activist
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and
August Wilson
* 2014 Ambassador of the
Republic of Užupis
Works
"Update on the Disembodied" ''Longshot'' Vol 22
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* ''Mad Minute'', Whirlwind Press, 1993
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* Cat Fish and Neckbone Jazz
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* ''Common Salt ''
* ''Trinkets and Beads''
* ''Crimson river: poems '', Slash & Burn, 1984
References
External links
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ttp://www.exit50.com/?p=75 "Lamont B. Steptoe", ''Exit 50'', June 30, 2005br>
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1949 births
Living people
American male poets
Writers from Pittsburgh
United States Army personnel of the Vietnam War
American Book Award winners
United States Army soldiers