Tony Barnstone

Tony Barnstone is a Professor of English at Whittier College and the author of twenty-one books and a music CD. He earned his PhD from the University of California, Berkeley, and is also a distinguished translator of Chinese poetry and literary prose. He is a recipient of a Pushcart Prize in Poetry, the Poets’ Prize, the Benjamin Saltman Award, the John Ciardi Prize and fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, the National Endowment for the Humanities, and the California Arts Council.