Andrew Robin is a cardiac nurse, a cancer survivor, and a poet. University of Iowa Press brought out his first book of poems, something has to happen next, awarding it the Iowa Poetry Prize. Burnside Review Books published his second collection, good beast, a finalist for the Oregon Book Award. Kelson Books published his third book, Stray Birds, a finalist for the Washington State Book Award. The Poetry Society of America published a chapbook, Dear Wild Abandon, in its national chapbook fellowship series. Other chapbooks include Give Up from Tarpaulin Sky Press, Small Pale Telegrams From The World from Sixth Finch Books, and Letters, Unwritten from Two Sylvias Press. He is the recipient of a distinguished teaching award in English from the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Andrew lives with his wife Sarah north of Seattle on Sx’wálech (Lopez Island) in the unceded ancestral waterways of the Coast Salish peoples.
Andrew Robin 