Mark Kramer

Mark Kramer’s narrative nonfiction has appeared in Creative Nonfiction, Anthony Bourdain’s Explore Parts Unknown, PublicSource, The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, The Truth About the Fact, Prism, geez, and Vox Populi, and with the Religion News Service, among others. He’s the author of one book, Dispossessed: Life in Our World’s Urban Slums (Orbis Books), a collection of narratives from informal urban communities around the world. Of late he’s been writing on urban nature, empathy, race, economic development, and various social justice issues. In addition to creative nonfiction, Mark teaches courses in service learning and civic engagement. 

Mark studied fiction as an undergrad, journalism while earning a master’s degree at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, and creative nonfiction while completing an MFA here at Pitt.

www.mnkramer.com