New fiction! By me! "Engineer's Dream," about art, engineering, siblings, jealousy, crushing your rival, and also a bit of an homage to Jorge Luis Borges. Thanks to Justin Balog (on hiatus from X) for helping to sharpen this one.

MQR: Mixtape Editor Justin Balog's introduction to his issue of the imprint "Methods and Materials" is up today on the MQR site: sites.lsa.umich.edu/mqr/2020/12/mq… #MQRMixtape #MethodsandMaterials Justin Balog (on hiatus from X)

Ever since I started writing I’ve been reading Ploughshares is on Bluesky. Last year, they took a poem of mine- which was the first time I had anything accepted to be published. Check out my sideways poem about Zoobooks and Madison in the new Winter issue of Ploughshares.

“Today, I’ve learned capacity-capacity is the amount of time someone gives you until their energy runs out.” Read “Zoobooks” by Justin Balog (on hiatus from X) in the Winter 2020-21 issue of Ploughshares. pshr.us/31jGPb9

Grateful to start contributing reviews On The Seawall. Here’s my first one diving into Erin Belieu’s new book! Such a fantastic collection, I hope you check it out!

It's pub day On The Seawall -- stop by for new poetry, essays, commentary, conversation ... ronslate.com

Excited to be teaching another workshop with Writing Workshops Detroit. There is still time to sign up for my new 4-week workshop about scale!

Just seeing this Giannis answer. This is so intensely valuable. For anyone.

🎶💡 Camp Randall Choir After Dark 💡🎶 You love to hear it. #OnWisconsin

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Really enjoyed this poem, “Writing Prompt,” by Justin Balog (on hiatus from X) in the latest The Iowa Review. It’s a great one for fiction writers to read!

Extremely honored to have a poem in this beautiful, new issue of The Iowa Review

In celebration of #BlackHistoryMonth, we're joining Wisconsin Women’s Basketball in wearing special shooting shirts designed by the late Virgil Abloh A 2003 graduate UW–Madison, Abloh left behind a legacy of inspiration and beauty Learn more: go.wisc.edu/60888x

Delighted to share my review of Richie Hofmann's (Richie Hofmann) A HUNDRED LOVERS, just out in Los Angeles Review of Books. If you haven't read this gorgeous collection yet—well, read it! (& then maybe read some Bishop...) lareviewofbooks.org/article/a-serv…

Announcing issue 43.1 of NER, featuring new work by Sally Wen Mao (@sallywenmao), Rob Franklin (Rob), Kim McLarin (Kim McLarin), Xu Xi (@xuxiwriter) and more. Check out the web selections & subscribe to the print edition so you don't miss a word! nereview.com/vol-43-no-1-20…

Many thanks to the staff and editors of New England Review for including two poems of mine in this gorgeous issue- you can read one of them online here!

From the new issue: "Writing Prompt" by Justin Balog. Read the rest in TIR issue 51/1, available now!

My first ever interview about my two recent poems in New England Review is out now- An incredible thanks goes to Liza for taking the time to craft such a thoughtful and engaging conversation, it was truly magnificent to have the opportunity to speak about my work with her

I had the pleasure of reviewing @jennifergrotz1 collection Still Falling for MQR Online (Michigan Quarterly Review)! It's a fabulous collection that everyone should read again and again.