Stephen Kuusisto

Stephen Kuusisto was born in Exeter, New Hampshire, in 1955. He received a BA from Hobart and William Smith Colleges and an MFA from the University of Iowa.

Kuusisto is the author of the poetry collections Letters to Borges (Copper Canyon Press, 2013) and Only Bread, Only Light (Copper Canyon Press, 2000). He is also the author of several works of nonfiction, including Have Dog, Will Travel: A Poet’s Journey (Simon & Schuster, 2018).

Kuusisto, who was born legally blind, is a disability rights activist and has served as a cultural diplomat for the U.S. State Department. A Guggenheim Fellow, he teaches at Syracuse University in New York.