Jason B. Crawford

Jason B. Crawford (They/He)was born in Washington DC, raised in Lansing, MI. Their debut chapbook collection Summertime Fine is out through Variant Lit. Their second chapbook Twerkable Moments is due from Paper Nautilus Press in 2021. Their debut Full Length How we Fed the Hunger will be out in 2022 from Sundress Publications.

Early Life
Jason was born in Washington DC and raised in Lansing, MI.

Goals
They wish to write poems that let other Queer, Black Folx see themselves and start writing. They want to be a chain in the link that helps the continuation of our conversation.

Philosophy
They believe in breaking the canon. "Our vernacular is appropriate poetry, our stories deserve to be written, our language belongs in documentation."

Inspirations
Their grandmother, mother, talented friends, the others that look like them, the ones that didn't make it, and the ones that are trying hard to. He writes for them.

Works

 * Chapbook Summertime Fine out from Variant Lit
 * Chapbook Twerkable Moments due out 2021 from Paper Nautilus
 * Full Length Year of the Unicorn Kidz due out 2022 Sundress Publications
 * "Unicorn Kidz dance underneath the Moonlight, too" Split Lip Magazine June 2020
 * "Gambit" The Pointed Circle, Issue 36
 * "Untitled Black" Clockhouse, Issue 8
 * "In Defense of being off key to Mariah"Hobart-HAD
 * "Red Hat Society" Gordon Square Review