Benjamin Goldberg

was born in Detroit, Michigan and grew up in Farmington Hills. He holds a BA in English and an MA in Education from the University of Michigan. His poems have appeared or are forthcoming in Best New Poets 2014, TriQuarterly, West Branch, Ninth Letter, Blackbird, Verse Daily, and elsewhere. He is the recipient of an award from The Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference, and was a finalist for the Vinyl 45 Chapbook Contest, the 2013 Third Coast Poetry Prize, the 2013 New Millennium Writings Award for Poetry, and the 2012 Gearhart Poetry Prize. He lives outside Washington, D.C. with his wife, and is currently earning an MFA from Johns Hopkins University.