Tom Crawford
Tom Crawford grew up in California in the Kern Valley. After graduation from Sacramento Statue U. with a BA/MA in English, he taught for seven years English and poetry writing at Solano College in the Bay area. His first collection of poems was a chapbook entitled I Want to Say Listen (Ironwood Press). In 1986 he received his second National Endowment for the Arts award. He's lived and taught in both China and South Korea. In 2010, he was Poet and Scholar in Residence at Harbor View Hospital in Seattle.
