Andreas Gripp

Who is Andreas Gripp?

Andreas Gripp is a Canadian poet and the author of 18 books of poetry and 15 chapbooks.

Born in London, Ontario, he entered the literary field as editor and publisher of Afterthoughts, a poetry journal that existed from 1994 to 2000. His first chapbook appeared in 1999 and his first full-length collection in 2001. His early work was often prose-laden and focused on social issues as well as the lives of marginalized, fictional characters. His later releases, including 2009's The Lesser Light and 2010's The Fall, centered on personal relationships and human interraction with nature, many of the poems written in a metered narrative. His more recent poetry collections, The Apostasy of Daylight and The Breakfast of Birds, dealt with themes of love, spirituality, and the natural world. An 18th full-length collection, The Better Kiss, was released in the Spring of 2014.

A comprehensive collection of both his older and most recent verse appears in the 2013 compilation, Selected Poems 2000-2012.