Andrea Quaid is a writer and critic. She co-directs the Poetry and Politics Research Cluster and Reading/Lecture series at the University of California, Santa Cruz, and is a founding editor of the new UCSC Poetry and Politics imprint. She is currently a faculty member in Bard’s Language & Thinking Program. Recent critical and creative publications include the American Book Review, aPlod, BOMBlog, Jacket2, and Lana Turner.