Lamont B. Steptoe

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

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
 * Common Salt 
 * Trinkets and Beads
 * Crimson river: poems , Slash & Burn, 1984