Andy Clausen

Andy Clausen:  was born in a Belgian bomb shelter in 1943. He was raised in Oakland, California. He has taught at the Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics, Naropa University and given readings and lectures at many universities, prisons, poetry conferences, and cafes at home and around the world. He was co–editor of, Poems for the  Nation, with Allen Ginsberg. For twelve years, he conducted poetry workshops in the NY state prison system. He now resides in Woodstock, NY, where he teaches, writes, and performs his work. He lived with Janine Pommy Vega the last 12 years of her life and celebrates The Annual Janine Pommy Vega Poetry Festival in Woodstock.