Andrea Janov

Andrea is a mess of contradictions, fan of parallel structure, andnostalgic pack rat who writes poetry about punk rock kids andtakes photos of forgotten places. She believes in the beauty ofthe ordinary, the power of the vernacular, and the history of theabandoned. Through her work, she strives to prove that poetrycan be dirty, gritty, and accessible by revealing the art in whatwe see, say, do, ignore, and forget every day.Raised by rock and roll parents, she learned the importance ofgoing to concerts and ignoring the “no trespassing” signs in herchildhood. She spent her adolescence in a small-town punk rockscene where she moshed, fell in love, and produced a few cutand-paste zines, before escaping to New York City and causing aruckus in Alphabet City. After meeting her husband in one ofthose Chelsea bars she has settled in Pittsburgh, is at the whimof a feisty terrier, works in tech, and still prefers Jameson neat.