Stephen Ratcliffe, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Stephen Ratcliffe

American poet

Date of Birth: 07-Jul-1948

Place of Birth: Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Profession: poet

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Stephen Ratcliffe (born July 7, 1948 in Boston, Massachusetts) is a contemporary U.S.
poet and critic who has published a number of books of poetry and three books of criticism.
He lives in Bolinas, CA and is the publisher of Avenue B Press.
He was the director of the Creative Writing program at Mills College in Oakland, CA where he has been an instructor for more than 25 years, and continues to teach Creative Writing (poetry) and Literature (poetry, Shakespeare) courses there.The focus of much of Ratcliffe's recent work from the past decade is on the "long poem / book" written in consecutive days, ‘rooted’/ ‘grounded’ in the place where he lives and does his work: Bolinas.As of 2010, Ratcliffe has published at least 19 books of poetry (21 including the e-editions on Ubuweb) and as the editor and publisher of Avenue B,