About Craig

Craig is originally from Iowa, where he received a BA in English and History from the University of Iowa. He also holds a PhD from Carnegie Mellon University (rhetoric), and MFA from New York University (poetry). 

He currently teaches writing at Columbia University in the Undergraduate Writing Program and has been teaching writing at various universities since 2009. He received teaching awards in 2021 (CMU) and 2015 (Temple).

He has been published in The Philadelphia Inquirer, BOMB, Lambda Literary, Electric Literature, Boxcar Poetry Review, and various scholarly journals, among others. 

He currently lives in New York City with his partner.