Tony Barnstone teaches at Whittier College and is the author of 23 books and a music CD. His books of poetry include Apocryphal Poems; Pulp Sonnets; Beast in the Apartment; Tongue of War: From Pearl Harbor to Nagasaki; The Golem of Los Angeles; Sad Jazz: Sonnets; and Impure. He is also a co-translator of Chinese and Urdu literature. His awards include: The Poets Prize, the Strokestown International Prize, the Pushcart Prize in Poetry, The John Ciardi Prize, The Benjamin Saltman Award, and fellowships from the NEA, NEH, and California Arts Council. He has also co-edited the anthologies Republic of Apples, Democracy of Oranges: New Eco-Poetry from China and the United States; Dead and Undead Poems; and Monster Verse. His new publications are a co-translation from the Urdu, Faces Hidden in the Dust: Selected Ghazals of Ghalib and a creativity focused tarot deck, The Radiant Tarot: Pathway to Creativity, with artist Alexandra Eldridge. He is currently working on the libretto for an opera.
