Lamont B. Steptoe
Lamont B. Steptoe is an American poet, photographer and publisher. Steptoe edited and published three collections of the late South African poet and activist, Dennis Brutus, under Whirlwind Press.
Life
Steptoe was born and raised in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He graduated from Temple University. He was a Vietnam veteran, and founder of Whirlwind Press.Awards
- 2005 American Book Award
- 1999 Literary Fellow for the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts
- 2002 Kuntu Writers Workshop Lifetime Achievement Award in Poetry, from founders Rob Penny and August Wilson
- 2014 Ambassador of the Republic of Užupis