Rebecca Beardsall is the author of the memoirs The Unfurling Frond and My Place in the Spiral. She received her MA in English from Lehigh University and her MFA from Western Washington University. Her poetry and essays have appeared in SWIMM, West Texas Review, Two Cities Review, The Schuylkill Valley Journal, Poetry NZ, Thimble Lit Magazine, and Gold Man Review. Find her at: rebeccabeardsall.com