Stanley Crawford (1937 – January 25, 2024) was an American writer and farmer.[1] His novels include, among others, Travel Notes (1967), The Log of the S.S. The Mrs Unguentine (1972), Some Instructions (1978), and Petroleum Man (2005). His nonfiction works include A Garlic Testament (1992), a biography of life on his farm in Dixon, New Mexico. Mayordomo: Chronicle of an Acequia in Northern New Mexico (1988) was the winner of the 1988 Western States Book Award for Creative Non-fiction.[2]
Stanley Crawford | |
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| Born | 1937 |
| Died | (aged 86) Dixon, New Mexico, U.S. |
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| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | University of Chicago University of Paris |
| Notable awards | Western States Book Award (1988) |
Biography edit
Crawford was born in 1937, and was educated at the University of Chicago and the Sorbonne. He moved to Dixon, New Mexico in 1970, where he owned El Bosque, a garlic farm,[3] and served for a time as the President of the Santa Fe Area Farmers' Market.[4] Crawford died in Dixon on January 25, 2024, at the age of 86.[5]
Works edit
- Crawford, Stanley (1966). Gascoyne. New York: Putnam. OCLC 1395235.
- Reissued by Penguin, 2005. ISBN 978-1468307962.
- Crawford, Stanley (1968). Travel Notes (from here—to there). Simon & Schuster. OCLC 437091.
- Reissued by Calamari Press, 2014. ISBN 978-1-940853-02-4.
- Crawford, Stanley (1972). The Log of the S.S. The Mrs Unguentine. Dalkey Archive Press. ISBN 1564785122.
- Crawford, Stanley (1978). Some Instructions. Dalkey Archive Press. ISBN 0916583155.
- Crawford, Stanley (1988). Mayordomo: Chronicle of an Acequia in Northern New Mexico. University of New Mexico Press. ISBN 0826309992.
- Reissued by University of New Mexico Press, 1993. ISBN 0826314457.
- Crawford, Stanley (1998). A Garlic Testament: Seasons on a Small New Mexico Farm. University of New Mexico Press. ISBN 0826325319.
- Crawford, Stanley (2003). The River in Winter: New and Selected Essays. University of New Mexico Press. ISBN 978-0826328571.
- Crawford, Stanley (2005). Petroleum Man. Penguin. ISBN 978-1468307979.
- Crawford, Stanley (2015). Seed. Fiction Collective. ISBN 978-1573661836.
- Crawford, Stanley (2016). Intimacy. Fiction Collective. ISBN 978-1573660549.
- Crawford, Stanley (2017). Village: a novel. Leaf Storm Press. ISBN 978-1945652950.
- Crawford, Stanley (2019). The Garlic Papers: A Small Garlic Farm in the Age of Global Vampires. Leaf Storm Press. ISBN 978-1945652059
References edit
- ^ "Stanley G. Crawford". Lannan.org. Lannan Foundation. Retrieved April 29, 2015.
- ^ "Mayordomo: Chronicle of an Acequia in Northern New Mexico". Kirkus. Retrieved April 29, 2015.
- ^ Raver, Ann (July 13, 2011). "Secrets of a Garlic Grower". The New York Times. Retrieved April 29, 2015.
- ^ Mora, Joseph (February 7, 2014). "Arriving in Style: The Slow, Deliberate Odyssey of Stanley Crawford and the Santa Fe Farmer's Market". Edible. Retrieved February 24, 2014.
- ^ "New Mexico author and garlic farmer Stanley Crawford dies at 86". Albuquerque Journal. January 30, 2024. Retrieved February 5, 2024.
Further reading edit
- Bates, Sarah F. (1993). Searching Out the Headwaters: Change And Rediscovery In Western Water Policy. Island Press. pp. 22, 50–52. ISBN 978-1-55963-218-8.
- Powers, Bill (2010). Twelve by Twelve: A One-Room Cabin off the Grid & Beyond The American Dream. New World Library. pp. 85–94. ISBN 978-1-57731-898-9.
- Rivera, José A. (1998). Acequia Culture: Water, Land, and Community in the Southwest. University of New Mexico Press. pp. 175–176. ISBN 978-0-8263-1858-9.
Interviews edit
- Carroll, Sean P. (September 2008). "An Interview with Stanley Crawford". Bookslut. Retrieved April 29, 2015.
- Guengerich, Gail (April 4–10, 2013). "Leaves and Asphalt: Stanley Crawford and the center of the universe". Weekly Alibi. Vol. 22, no. 14. Retrieved April 29, 2015.
- Sparks, Stephen (May 20, 2014). "Stanley Crawford". Bomb. Retrieved April 29, 2015.
- Unferth, Deb Olin (September 9, 2008). "Interview with Stanley Crawford". Powell's Books Blog. Retrieved April 29, 2015.
- Young, Alex (April 3, 2009). "An Interview with Stanley Crawford". NewWest.net. August Publications. Retrieved April 29, 2015.
Reviews edit
- Gascoyne
- Ventura, Michael (November 25, 2005). "Letters at 3AM: The return of Gascoyne". Austin Chronicle. Retrieved April 29, 2015.
- Travel Notes
- Carroll, Tobias (April 2, 2014). "Tobias Carroll on Travel Notes: The Ever-Shifting Status". Los Angeles Review of Books. Retrieved April 29, 2015.
- Jauchen, Michael (April 3, 2014). "Travel Notes (From here — to there) – Stanley Crawford". Full Stop. Retrieved April 29, 2015.
- Petroleum Man
- Riker, Martin (June 22, 2006). "Stanley Crawford. Petroleum Man. (Book review)". The Review of Contemporary Fiction. Archived from the original on March 29, 2015. (subscription required)
- Warzel, Peter C. (July–August 2005). "Bedtime Stories from the Business World". American Book Review. 26 (5). (subscription required)