About

Andrea Scarpino (she/her) is a writer, teacher, editor, disability activist, foodie, yoga student, wellness enthusiast, middle grade reader, kitty foster mom, and Women's World Cup fanatic (among other things!).

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She is the author of four poetry collections:

 

Once Upon Wing Lake (Hoot 'n' Waddle Press, 2017); What the Willow Said as it Fell (Red Hen Press, 2016); Once, Then (Red Hen Press, 2014); and the chapbook The Grove Behind (Finishing Line Press, 2009). 

 

She co-edited with Ron Riekki the anthology Undocumented: Great Lakes Poets Laureate on Social Justice (MSU Press, 2019) and is co-editor of Nine Mile Magazine.

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Andrea earned her PhD in Creative Writing from Bath Spa University and was the 2015-2017 Poet Laureate of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula.

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AND she leads the Tween Book Club at St. Louis' BEST indie bookstore, the Novel Neighbor. Basically, she doesn't like to sleep. 

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Oh yeah, and her favorite animals are elephants.