Andrea Spofford

{{short description|American poet, essayist, and professor}}

Andrea Spofford (1986–present) is an American poet, essayist, and professor. Her most recent chapbook is Qikiqtagruk: Almost An Island (Red Bird Chapbooks, 2014).{{cite web|last1=Spofford|first1=Andrea|title=Qikiqtagruk: Almost An Island|url=http://www.redbirdchapbooks.com/store/p155/Qikiqtagruk%3A_Almost_An_Island_by_Andrea_Spofford.html|website=Red Bird Chapbooks.com|accessdate=9 November 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141112235958/http://www.redbirdchapbooks.com/store/p155/Qikiqtagruk:_Almost_An_Island_by_Andrea_Spofford.html|archive-date=12 November 2014|url-status=dead}} Her poems and essays have appeared in Vela Magazine,{{cite web|last1=Spofford|first1=Andrea|title=Walk it Down|url=http://velamag.com/walk-it-down/|website=velamag.com|publisher=Vela Magazine|accessdate=10 November 2014}} The Citron Review,{{cite web|last1=Spofford|first1=Andrea|title=The Pine Effect|url=http://citronreview.com/2013/07/01/the-pine-effect/|website=citronreview.com|date=July 2013 |publisher=The Citron Review|accessdate=10 November 2014}} Blood Orange Review,{{cite web|last1=Spofford|first1=Andrea|title=Elephants|url=http://www.bloodorangereview.com/v7-1/spofford_elephants.htm|website=bloodorangereview.com|publisher=Blood Orange Review|accessdate=9 November 2014}} Red Paint Hill Poetry Journal,{{cite web|last1=Spofford|first1=Andrea|title=The Young Journals|url=http://redpainthill.com/andrea-spofford.php|website=redpainthill.com|publisher=Red Paint Hill Publishing|accessdate=9 November 2014}} Sugar House Review,{{cite web|last1=Spofford|first1=Andrea|title=Estes Park, Colorado|url=http://www.sugarhousereview.com/current_issue.html|website=sugarhousereview.com|publisher=Sugar House Review|accessdate=10 November 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141122033033/http://www.sugarhousereview.com/current_issue.html|archive-date=22 November 2014|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}} Composite Arts Review, The Coachella Review, The Oklahoma Review,{{cite web|last1=Spofford|first1=Andrea|title=Fish|url=http://www.cameron.edu/okreview/pdf/14_2.pdf|website=cameron.edu|publisher=Cameron University|accessdate=10 November 2014}} and elsewhere. She is the poetry editor for Zone 3 Magazine.{{cite web|title=Poetry Editor|url=http://www.apsu.edu/zone3/masthead|website=apsu.edu|accessdate=10 November 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141112233413/http://www.apsu.edu/zone3/masthead|archive-date=12 November 2014|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}

Spofford grew up in Newcastle, California and Fort Collins, Colorado.{{cite web|title=Andrea Spofford Interview|url=http://aldoandleonardo.blogspot.com/search/label/Andrea%20Spofford.|website=aldoandleonardo.blogspot.com|publisher=Aldo & Leonardo|accessdate=10 November 2014}} She received a B.A. in English from Colorado State University (2006),{{cite web|last1=Wagner|first1=Jon|title=From the Trenches|url=http://calarts.edu/docs/pdf/reCAP6.pdf|website=calarts.edu|publisher=California Institute of the Arts|accessdate=10 November 2014}} an M.F.A. from the California Institute of the Arts (2009), and a Ph.D. from the University of Southern Mississippi (2013).{{cite web|title=Alumni Portal|url=http://calartswriting.com/portfolio-item/andrea-spofford/|website=calartswriting.com|publisher=California Institute of the Arts|accessdate=10 November 2014}} In 2013, she participated in the Noatak National Preserve residency, making her first trek to Alaska.{{cite web|title=Andrea Spofford Interview|url=http://aldoandleonardo.blogspot.com/search/label/Andrea%20Spofford.|website=aldoandleonardo.blogspot.com|publisher=Aldo & Leonardo|accessdate=10 November 2014}} She is currently an Assistant Professor of Poetry at Austin Peay State University.{{cite web|title=Guest Writers |url=http://velamag.com/writers/guest-writers/andrea-spofford/ |website=velamag.com |publisher=Vela Magazine |accessdate=10 November 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141112223556/http://velamag.com/writers/guest-writers/andrea-spofford/ |archivedate=12 November 2014 }}