ANDREA CHANGE

Northwestern University alumnus, Andrea Change has been a member of the Chicago poetry community for many years. Her work has been published in a number of poetry magazines, journals and included in such poetry anthologies from Tia Chucha Press as Powerlines and Stray Bullets. Her poetry was also included in the 2001 Steppenwolf Theatre production, Words on Fire. Born and raised in Chicago, much of her poetry is inspired by her experiences growing up in the city. Other influences range from the classic poetry of Browning, Yeats, and Thomas to Poets from the Harlem Renaissance to the beat poets of the '60s. Still learning, she is constantly fascinated by the great voices she hears at local area poetry readings. She is mother to one son, Phillip.