Cameron Awkward-Rich is the author of two  collections  of poetry: Sympathetic Little Monster (Ricochet Editions, 2016) and Dispatch  (Persea Books, 2019). His third collection, An Optimism, is forthcoming in 2025 from Persea Books. His creative work has been supported by fellowships from Cave Canem, The Watering Hole, and the Lannan Foundation.

Presently, he is an associate professor of Women, Gender, Sexuality Studies at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.