


John Brandi, a native of Southern California, graduated from Cal State Northridge in 1965 with a BA in art and anthropology. He is an ardent traveler, having ventured from southern Chile to the Alaskan tundra, as well as to Nepal, Ladakh, Sikkim, Southeast Asia, India, China, Cuba, Mexico and Indonesia. Since 1973, he has taught as an itinerant poet in schools, prisons, nursing homes and centers for at-risk youth in Arkansas, California, Montana, New Mexico, Nevada, New York and Alaska.