Jen Garfield is from a suburb of Chicago and was a recipient of an Illinois Arts Council Literary Award. Her poems have appeared or are forthcoming in numerous journals including Karamu, The Wisconsin Academy Review of Sciences, Arts and Letters, and Salamander, and she is an occasional book reviewer for Bookslut.com. Her chapbook, Excuses for Happiness, is forthcoming from Pudding House Publications. Former poetry editor of Prick of the Spindle, she now lives in Beijing, where she has unwittingly eaten jellyfish and liked it.
