C. R. Grimmer

Biography

C. R. Grimmer (they/them or she/her) is a poet, public scholar, and teacher whose work and teaching emphasizes community-based approaches to building queer, crip, and antiracist poetry coalitions. Their books include The Lyme Letters (Texas Tech University Press, Winner of the Walt McDonald First Book Award), O–(ezekiel's wife) (GASHER Journal and Press), and The Poetry Vlog: Critical Edition, forthcoming from the University of Michigan Press. They created and host teaching series such as The Poetry Vlog (TPV), have poems in journals such as Poetry Magazine, Prairie Schooner, FENCE Magazine, and [PANK], and have research in journals such as The Comparatist. Their poetry, research, and teaching has been made possible with support from fellowships and grants, including the Harlan Hahn Disability Studies fellowship, The Simpson Center's Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Public Scholarship fellowship, the Vermont Studio Center residency fellowship, and the Project for Interdisciplinary Pedagogy fellowship. Prior to teaching creative writing at Utah State University, C. R. taught in higher education for over 10 years at universities such as Portland State University, University of Washington, Seattle University.