Description: Centering on coming-of-age themes, Crawford is brutally honest yet careful in her representations and confessional moments. She invokes a preteen voice, capturing in detail female subjects. The winner of the 2008 Gatewood Prize, Crawford offers reminders that it is impossible to shake personal geographies.
Brief description: Marisa Crawford grew up in New York and in Connecticut. She graduated from the University of Massachusetts, where she studied Creative Writing and Women's Studies, and received her MFA from San Francisco State University. She currently lives in San Francisco where she works as a retail copywriter and has recently joined a synchronized swimming team. Some of her poems have appeared in Invisible Ear, Big Bell, GlitterPony, and Parthenon West.