Shane McCrae

Shane McCrae’s most recent full-length book is New and Collected Hell (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2025), and his most recent chapbook is Two Appearances After the Resurrection (Omnidawn, 2025). He edited a volume of John Berryman’s uncollected “Dream Songs” titled Only Sing (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2025). McCrae’s awards and fellowships include a Lannan Literary Award, a Whiting Award in Poetry, and a fellowship from the Guggenheim Foundation. He lives in New York City and teaches at Columbia University. (Updated 04/2026)