Steven Schneider

Steven Schneider is Professor of Creative Writing at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley. He is the co-creator with the artist Reefka of two bilingual ekphrastic books and exhibits: Borderlines: Drawing Border Lives / Fronteras: dibujando las vidas fronterizas and The Magic of Mariachi / La Magia del Mariachi. They have also created a third exhibit entitled Last Poet in the Woods. He is the author of four collections of poetry and author/editor of three scholarly books on contemporary American Poetry. Steven is an elected member of the Texas Institute of Letters and in 2023 received the Distinguished Career Award from UTRGV.