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Andreas Gripp

 

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First name
Andreas
Last name
Gripp
 

ABOUT

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Biography
Andreas Gripp (he/they) resides in Essex County, Ontario, with his partner, Carrie Lee Connel. He is the author of over 30 books of poetry, including Urban Burlesque, You’re Dead After School, Bombs Away Dream Baby, The Lucky Ones, Prodigal Planet, and Outré Cantata: Poems Selected and New. His writing has also appeared in publications such as Carousel, Descant, and Literary Review of Canada, as well as anthologies including Poems in Response to Peril: In Support of Ukraine, Tamaracks: Canadian Poetry for the 21st-Century, and Goodbye Billie Jean: The Meaning of Michael Jackson. His poems are grounded in the contemporary experiences of both common and uncommon people. He is presently the Poetry Editor for Walsh & Willow.
Self-identification: equity-deserving groups
  • Disabled / living with a disability
  • LGBTQI2S+
 

PUBLICATIONS AND RECOGNITION

Books and other publications
Selected Poems 8th Edition
what a fuck up, what a fighter
Prodigal Planet
The Race-Baiting Jailbait Race
Outré Cantata: Poems Selected and New
The Lucky Ones
The Penitent, or Cannon Foster's Dissonance Revolution
Bombs Away, Dream Baby
You're Dead After School
Urban Burlesque
The Cameo and other rarities
Festival City
still and unstill (art and photographs)
Day Dreams (short fiction)
Awards and other achievements
2012 Honorable Mention, Poetry London Contest, for Early Morning Rain
2011 Runner-up, Great Canadian Haiku Contest, Home County Folk Festival for Banting Haiku
2010 Finalist, Acorn-Plantos Award for Peoples’ Poetry for Anathema: Poems Selected & New
2009 1st Prize, Mattia International Poetry Competition for November Rose
2008 2nd Prize, Arborealis Prize for Poetry for Aurora Borealis
2007 2nd Prize, Second Time Around (Ontario Poetry Society) for The Language of Sparrows
Poetic forms and styles
  • Print poetry
Other writing expertise
  • Reviews
  • Short stories
Additional writing experience
Visual Art and Photography
 

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Contact poet directly
email: andreasgripp@gmail.com
phone/text: 519-441-1010
website: https://andreasgripp.wixsite.com/andreasgripp
Open to live readings, author book signings, literary festivals, school visits
Poets in the Schools (Ontario)
  • Poets in the Schools (middle grades)
  • Poets in the Schools (senior grades)
International bookings
United States
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