Steven Sanfield

Steven Sanfield (born August 3, 1937 – January 28, 2015) was an American poet, children's book author, and Freedom Rider. He published over 30 books during his lifetime. The University of California Davis library holds a collection of his writings.

Biography

He earned a BA from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.

He took part in the Los Angeles to Houston Freedom Ride.

Bibliography

• Wandering (1977)
• The Confounding (1980)
• Chasing the Cranes with Dale Pendell (1986)
• American Zen: by a guy who tried it (1994)
• No Other Business Here: a Haiku Correspondence with John Brandi (1999)
• The Rain Begins Below: Selected Slightly Longer Poems 1961-2005 (2005)
• The Right Place: 77 at 77 (2014)
• Clouds Come and Go (2015)

• Adventures of High John the Conqueror (1988)
• Snow (1995)
• Bit by Bit (1995)
• The Great Turtle Drive (1996), illustrated by Dirk Zimmer
• Just Rewards (1996), illustrated by Emily Lisker