Don Langford

Don Langford was born in Ontario, Canada, and grew up in Southern California. He received his BA in English from Oregon State University where he was the recipient of an Academy of American Poets Award and the winner of the first Roger Weaver Poetry Prize at Oregon State. He earned a doctorate in English from The Ohio State University after completing his dissertation entitled The Primacy of Place in Gary Snyder's Ecological Vision. His poem "Vivid Dreams, Antarctica" was nominated for a Pushcart Prize and he has published poems in several literary magazines. After teaching for more than 25 years in the English Department at The Ohio State University, he now devotes his time to writing poetry and traveling full-time with his wife, Marlene, in their RV. For more information about Don Langford and books published by D S Langford Publishing, go to https://dslangfordpublishing.com.