Lamont B. Steptoe (born 1949 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) 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
Works "Update on the Disembodied", Longshot Vol 22
Mad Minute, Whirlwind Press, 1993
Cat Fish and Neckbone Jazz
Common Salt Trinkets and Beads Crimson river: poems , Slash & Burn, 1984
References
External links "Interview with Lamont Steptoe", Tilt-a-Whirl, Jordan Green "Lamont B. Steptoe", Exit 50, June 30, 2005