About

Tim Stafford is a poet and educator from Lyons,IL. His work is informed by his time running around the Chicago punk/hardcore scene and his many occupations prior to becoming a public school teacher. Tim has worked in a skatepark, a printing plant, as a referee for MMA matches, as a jiu jitsu instructor, and telemarketer.

Tim is a former Chicago Poetry Slam Champion whose work has appeared on HBO’s Def Poetry Jam, PBS, and Chicago Public Radio. He performs regularly around the U.S. and Europe at festivals such as the German National Poetry Slam, WOERDZ Fest (Switzerland), International Spoken Word Festival (Germany), and the Malmo Poetry Slam (Sweden). His work has been printed in numerous magazines and anthologies including The Offing, Freeze Ray Poetry, 68 to 05, and Taco Bell Quarterly.

Tim is the editor of the all ages anthology series Learn Then Burn (Write Bloody Books) and the author of the poetry collection The Patron Saint of Making Curfew (Haymarket Books).