Bio:Herb Kauderer

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Herb Kauderer is an associate professor of English at Hilbert College outside Buffalo, NY. He has a PhD in Transnational Studies from the University at Buffalo where his genre-related dissertation was titled 'Conspicuously Canadian: Canadian Identity in Anglo-Canadian Science Fiction.' Among his other six degrees, he holds an MFA in Creative Writing/Screenwriting from Goddard College (2007) which included a genre-related thesis screenplay titled 'The Elephant's Ghost.'

His poem "After" won the 2016 Asimov's Readers' Award. He has also been a finalist for the Analog AnLab Readers' Award and the Elgin Award. He has also been nominated repeatedly for the Pushcart Prize, the Rhysling Award, and the Dwarf Star Award.

His genre-related poetry chapbooks and book are:

Olives: A Jar Full of Small Pokes 1995 Stone Lightning Press, ebook 2015 Written Image; Variations of Sleeping Alone: The Selected Poetry of Herb Kauderer 1996 Dark Regions Press; Mid-Course Correction 1999 Lightning Graphics; Hate Mail & Love Letters 2001 Written Image; Ghosts Dream of Madmen 2002 Written Image; The Book of Answers: A Book of Answer Poems 2014 Written Image Flying Solo: The Lana Invasion 2017 Poet's Haven Press Recalibrating the Future 2018 Diminuendo Press