Zach Goldberg is a writer, educator, and arts organizer from Durham, NC. He is the author of I’d Rather Be Destroyed (Button Poetry, 2024) and the chapbook XV (Nomadic Press/Black Lawrence, 2020). His work can be found or is forthcoming in AGNI, Pleiades, RHINO, and elsewhere. Zach has represented Wesleyan University and Berkeley, CA at various national and regional poetry slam tournaments. He is a proud co-founder of BuckSlam MN, a volunteer at Boneshaker Books, and a staff member at The Loft Literary Center. He lives on occupied Dakota land in Minneapolis, MN.