About

Andrea Scarpino (she/her) is a writer, teacher, editor, auntie, literacy advocate, disability activist, foodie, ridiculous reader, kitty adorer, and St. Louis City Soccer fanatic (even though we're terrible this year).

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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 an editor of Nine Mile Magazine. ​

 

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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Oh yeah, and her favorite animals are elephants. And bison. And elephants.