Background
Abrams, Sam was born on November 18, 1935 in New York City. Son of Morris and Miriam (Rosenfeld) Abrams.
Abrams, Sam was born on November 18, 1935 in New York City. Son of Morris and Miriam (Rosenfeld) Abrams.
Born in Brooklyn, Abrams is a graduate of James Madison High School (New York), Brooklyn College (Bachelor 1958), and the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign (Master of Arts 1950).
Instructor classics, University of Illinois, Urbana, 1950-1960; instructor classics, Florida State University, Tallahassee, 1960-1961; instructor classics, Wheaton College, Madison, New Jersey, 1961-1965; instructor classics, Drew U., Enfield, N.H., 1965-1968; workshop leader, St. Mark's Poetry Project, New York City, 1965-1968; communal farmer, Stone Academy, Enfield, 1969-1977; professor, Rochester (New York) Institute Technology, since 1978.
Coordinator Poets Caravan Angry Arts Against the War in Vietnam, 1966-1968.
Married Barbara Odette Leeb, December 10, 1958. Two children.