Rebecca Farivar is the author of CORRECT ANIMAL (Octopus Books, 2011) and chapbook American Lit (Dancing Girl Press, 2011). She holds an MFA in poetry from St. Mary's College of California and is a member of the Community of Writers at Squaw Valley. Her poems have appeared in DENVER QUARTERLY, 6x6, Octopus Magazine, cold-drill, RealPoetik, SIR! and elsewhere.