Madeleine Cravens

Madeleine Cravens is a Lecturer at Stanford University, specializing in creative writing and contemporary poetry. She is the author of the poetry collection Pleasure Principle (Scribner, 2024), with work published in The New Yorker, The Nation, Kenyon Review, and Best New Poets. Her research explores intersections of identity, urban life, and experimental forms in modern poetry.

• Alumna of Columbia University's M.F.A. program
• Recipient of prestigious fellowships from MacDowell and Sewanee Writers’ Conference