Miriam Kramer

Miriam Kramer (she/they) is a queer, Jewish poet residing in New Jersey with her partner, daughter, and two cats. She is the author of Built by Storms (Write Bloody Publishing, 2024), which won the 2023 Jack McCarthy Book Prize and was nominated for the Great Lakes Colleges Association New Writers Award.

Kramer’s poetry has been published in Variant Literature, So to Speak, and FreezeRay Poetry, among other journals.

She has performed her poetry in front of a wide range of audiences at a variety of venues across the United States. Kramer studied creative writing at Pacific University and currently works at an educational nonprofit.