Lory Bedikian received her BA from UCLA with an emphasis in creative writing and her MFA in poetry from the University of Oregon. Her poems have been published in multiple journals, including Connecticut Review, Portland Review, Poetry International, Poet Lore and Heliotrope. Her work has also been included in Blue Arc West: An Anthology of California Poets. Most recently, she is the author of THE BOOK OF LAMENTING (Anhinga Press, 2011). She teaches poetry workshops in Los Angeles.