Shane McCrae is the author of the poetry collection Mule (Cleveland State University Poetry Center 2011) and the recipient of a 2011 Whiting Writers’ Award and a 2013 NEA Creative Writing Fellowship. In 2012, McCrae’s collection Mule was selected as a finalist for the Kate Tufts Discovery Award and a PEN Center USA Literary Award. His poems have appeared in numerous journals and anthologies, including Best American Poetry 2010, American Poetry Review, African American Review, Fence, and AGNI.
