Shara McCallum is the author of seven books published in the U.S. and United Kingdom. Her most recent collection is Behold (Alice James Books and Peepal Tree Press, 2026). Recognition for her work includes a Guggenheim Fellowship, National Endowment for the Arts Poetry Fellowship, Musgrave Medal, OCM Bocas Poetry Prize, Hurston/Wright Legacy Award, and others. From Jamaica, of Jamaican and Venezuelan parentage, McCallum directs the creative writing program and teaches at Penn State, where she is a Sparks Professor of English.
