Ingrid Andersson

Poet

Madison, WI
Wisconsin US
Email: 
ingridthemidwife@gmail.com
Website: 
www.ingridandersson.info/

Author's Bio

Ingrid Andersson's writing has appeared in journals and anthologies nationally and internationally. Her poetry has been twice-nominated for a Pushcart Prize, Best of the Net, and appeared in About Place Journal, Ars Medica, Intima, Hippocrates Awards Anthology, Literary Mama, Midwest Review, Minerva Rising, Mom Egg Review, Plant-Human Quarterly, Torrey House Press, Wisconsin People & Ideas and more. Ingrid holds undergraduate and Masters degrees from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in Swedish and German language and literature, anthropology and nursing. A nationally board-certified midwife for more than 20 years, she has caught over 1000 babies at home.

Publications & Prizes

Book:
Jordemoder: Poems of a Midwife (Holy Cow! Press, 2022)
Prizes won: 

Editor's Choice Award, Eastern Iowa Review, 2018

Personal Favorites

What I'm reading now: 
Bitch: On the female of the species by Lucy Cooke, A Grief Observed by C.S. Lewis

More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Identifies as: 
Scandinavian American
Prefers to work with: 
Any
Fluent in: 
English, Swedish
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Last update: Aug 09, 2022