Katie Farris' work appears in The Nation, The Atlantic Monthly, McSweeneys, Granta, The Believer, Poetry, Poetry London, American Poetry Review and has been commissioned by MoMA. Her poems have received Pushcart Prize, The Beloit Poetry Journal's Chad Walsh Prize, and Anne Halley Poetry Prize, given by The Massachusetts Review. She is the author of the chapbook, A Net to Catch My Body in its Weaving (Beloit Poetry Journal) and boysgirls (Tupelo Press), a hybrid-form book, as well as co-translator of many books of poetry. Her own writing has been translated into numerous languages, including French, Ukrainian, Spanish and Russian. Standing in the Forest of Being Alive (Alice James Books) is her first collection of poetry.