LIDIA YUKNAVITCH IS THE AUTHOR of "The Chronology of Water: A Memoir" and three works of short fiction: "Her Other Mouths, Liberty's Excess, " and "Real to Reel, " as well as a book of literary criticism, "Allegories of Violence."
Her work has appeared in "Ms., The Iowa Review, Exquisite Corpse, Another Chicago Magazine, Fiction International, Zyzzyva, " and elsewhere. Her book "Real to Reel" was a finalist for the Oregon Book Award, and she is the recipient of awards and fellowships from Poets and Writers and Literary Arts, Inc. Her work appears in the anthologies "Life As We Show It" (City Lights), "Forms At War" (FC2), "Wreckage of Reason" (Spuytin Duyvil). Yuknavitch teaches writing, literature, film, and Women's Studies in Oregon.