Serena ChopraSerena Chopra is a PhD candidate in Creative Writing at the University of Denver, a 2009 graduate of University of Colorado at Boulder's MFA program, and a 2011-2013 Writer- In-Residence at RedLine Gallery in Denver. She has been published in BOMBAY IN, DENVER QUARTERLY, The Laurel Review, VOLT, Versal, Vinyl, Hot Metal Bridge, and No Tell Motel. She is the author of Speaking to Your Man (Peninsulas Now Press, 2010), Penumbra (Flying Guillotine Press, 2012), and Livid Season (published by Free Poetry in chapbook form, 2012). THIS IS HUMAN: A POEM IN SEVEN PARTS is her first full-length collection. She was a finalist for the 2011 Dorset prize and a 2010 Kundiman fellow. Serena is also a dancer with Evolving Doors Dance Company in Boulder and a visual artist, participating in recent gallery shows, "Material Engagements," "Off the Beaten Path: Violence, Women and Art," and "Notes on Feeling" at RedLine Gallery in Denver. She lives and works in Denver. Read More Read Less