Andrena Zawinski, veteran teacher of writing and activist poet, was born and raised in Pittsburgh, PA but makes her home in the San Francisco Bay Area. Her poetry has received awards for lyricism, form, spirituality, and social concern. Her fourth full-length collection of poetry is Born Under the Influence (Word Tech). Others are Landings (Kelsay Books), Something About (Blue Light Press, a PEN Oakland Award), Traveling in Reflected Light (Pig Iron Press Kenneth Patchen Prize). She has also published collection of flash fiction Plumes & other flights of fancy (Writing Knights).
