Beckian Fritz Goldberg is the author of several volumes of poetry whose work has appeared in a variety of journals and anthologies. She has received a Pushcart Prize, among other honors. She currently teaches creative writing at Arizona State University. Her most recent collection of poems, published by the University of Akron, is called The Book of Accident and was published in 2006.

Ms. Goldberg is a frequent contributor to the Indiana Review. Her first piece appeared in Volume 13.2, which included the poems “Beauty Sleep” and “Moon in Adolescence.” Her next appearance came in Volume 19.2, which featured the poems “The Suitor” and “My Name is Romance.” Following that, she appeared back-to-back in Volume 21.1 and 21.2. The first issue contained the poems “Life Story,” “Souls,” and “Twentieth-Century Children (2)” while the second included “The New Boy-Wonders,” “Torture Boy’s Watch, Burn Boy’s Boat of Souls,” “Twentieth Century Children (4),” and “The Life and Times of Skin-Girl.” That issue also included an interview with Ms. Goldberg, as conducted by Leilani Wright. Her latest appearance was in Volume 25.1, which featured a chapter from Egypt from Space titled “The Bird that Came with Memory.”

Beckian Fritz Goldberg's faculty page at Arizona State University

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