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about
Jacob Lindberg is a poet and educator. He is a 2020 McKnight Writing Fellow, the co-founder and Editor-In-Chief of Up North Lit, as well as the founder and former director of Hawk Moth Workshops, a collaborative effort between the University of Arkansas Brown Chair in English Literacy Initiative and The Arkansas Family Health Foundation.
Lindberg was born in Superior, WI and received his BA in English from University of Minnesota and his MFA from the University of Arkansas. Currently, he lives in Victoria, MN with his partner Tali and their two dogs.
His poetry has been featured or is forthcoming in The Adroit Journal, Cincinnati Review, Sycamore Review, Rattle, cream city review, Salamander, River Styx, and more. He was awarded the Carolyn F. Walton Fellowship in Poetry (2019) and the James T. Whitehead Award for Poetry (2017, 2019) by the University of Arkansas.
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Poems
“The Black Bear”
Cincinnati Review, forthcoming
"Epithalamium"
Sycamore Review, Spring 2020
“Sledding” (Honorable mention, Linda Bromberg Award in poetry)
Quiddity , Spring 2019
"You're Bound to See Someone You Know at Wal-Mart"
Rattle, Fall 2018
"Ol' captain kurt"
Fairy Tale Review, Spring 2018
"Pickup truck left in a field"
Midwestern Gothic, Winter 2018
"Ol' Farmer Litchke" & "the Hungover Tour Guide"
Sugar House Review, Fall 2017
"Apology on Blue-Collar Towns" & "Night Before Deer Opener"
The Pinch Journal, Fall 2017
"Charlie"
Clackamas Literary Review, Spring 2016
“Ode to Arm Bars”
The Normal School Online, forthcoming
“Night swim,” “Pallbearer,” “I wrapped the animals i skinned around your hands and neck,” “What stays in the lake,” and “Mom Hangs Dad’s Paintings in the House”
The Adroit Journal, Spring 2020
“Midwest Exodus”
Painted Bride Quarterly, Fall 2019
"The Fresher, the better"
Split Rock Review's Waters Deep: A Great Lakes Poetry Anthology, Winter 2018
"Elegy for Man Up North" & “Detective on Elegy”
Quiddity , Fall 2018
"Nailing the steps for a tree fort"
Salamander, Fall 2018
"In respect to dying Port Towns" &
"This is how I say basketball"
River Styx, Spring 2018
"Before winter comes"
cream city review, Fall 2017
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CONTACT
Jacob can be reached at jacobplindberg@gmail.com.
If the message relates to Up North Lit, please use director@upnorthlit.org.
