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I write fiction primarily. I immigrated from the Soviet Bloc. I went to school in Toronto and in Wisconsin and for a little while in Southern California. I studied English lit, and law, and creative writing. I'm the Fiction Editor at <a href="https://minolareview.com">Minola Review</a>. My debut novel is forthcoming from <a href="https://bookhugpress.ca">Book*hug</a>.
I'm represented by Emma Patterson at Brandt & Hochman: epatterson [at] bromasite [dot] com
1501 Broadway #2310
New York, NY
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You can e-mail me here: martawriting [at] gmail [dot] com
I dislike twitter, but if you must: <a href="https://twitter.com/MartaBalcewicz?lang=en">@MartaBalcewicz</a>
This is my instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/wiczcraft/?hl=en">@wiczcraft</a>
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<h1>One day I will move the comics from my published works list and also scan unpublished comics and put them all on this one page. That day is not today. But it is soon.</h1>
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<div id="work">creative things:
<a href="https://www.passagesnorth.com/passagesnorthcom/2020/3/27/ripe-bananas-by-marta-balcewicz">fiction: "ripe bananas" (passages north)</a>
<a href="https://www.washingtonsquarereview.com/">fiction: "burger bite" (washington square review - issue 44)</a>
<a href="http://greensbororeview.org/issue/fall-2019-issue-106/">fiction: "bark" (the greensboro review)</a>
<a href="http://monkeybicycle.net/x-names/">fiction: "x names" (monkeybicycle)</a>
<a href="http://www.hobartpulp.com/web_features/stephanie-loves-stephanie">fiction: "stephanie loves stephanie" (hobart)</a>
<a href="https://books.catapult.co/products/tiny-crimes-very-short-tales-of-mystery-and-murder-pre-order">fiction: "good hair" in <em>tiny crimes</em> (catapult)</a>
<a href="http://tinhouse.com/a-guided-tour-of-the-sistine-chapel-ceiling/">fiction: "a guided tour of the sistine chapel ceiling" (tin house online)</a>
<a href="http://therumpus.net/2018/05/enough-the-type-of-boy-you-were-taught-to-want/">comic: "salty dog" (the rumpus)</a>
<a href="https://theoffingmag.com/micro/mad/">poetry: "mad" (the offing)</a>
<a href="boulevard.jpg">poetry: "godzilla" (boulevard)</a>
<a href="malahatpoem.jpg">poetry: "fetus charles atlas" (malahat review)</a>
<a href="http://www.vol1brooklyn.com/2018/02/11/sunday-stories-cheers-for-drowning-girls/">fiction: "cheers for drowning girls" (vol.1 brooklyn)</a>
<a href="https://agnionline.bu.edu/poetry/natasha-writes-back">poetry: "natasha writes back"</a> and <a href="https://agnionline.bu.edu/poetry/bonnie-parkers-photoshoot">"bonnie parker's photoshoot" (AGNI online)</a>
<a href="prism.jpg">poetry: "this is east euro" (PRISM international) *pushcart nominee!</a>
<a href="https://www.thenormalschool.com/blog/2017/10/9/thanks-for-finally-joining-the-20th-century-since-its-already-over-by-marta-balcewicz">comic: "thanks for finally joining the 20th century since it's already over" (the normal school-online)</a>
<a href="https://catapult.co/stories/millo-my-american-armadillo">non-fic: "millo, my american armadillo" (catapult)</a>
<a href="https://pitheadchapel.com/common-weeds/">fiction: "common weeds" (pithead chapel)</a>
<a href="https://www.barrelhousemag.com/blogall/2017/8/24/le-tigre-amour-by-marta-balcewicz">comic: "le tigre amour" (barrelhouse)</a>
<a href="https://www.minolareview.com/marta-balcewicz">fiction: "women in space" (minola review)</a>
<a href="http://cosmonautsavenue.com/marta-balcewicz-lies-gymnasium/">non-fic: "lies in the gymnasium" (cosmonauts avenue)</a>
<a href="http://puritan-magazine.com/new-tenant/">poetry: "new tenant" (the puritan)</a>
<a href="http://www.hobartpulp.com/web_features/caveat-emptor-baby">comic: "caveat emptor, baby" (hobart)</a>
<a href="http://www.hobartpulp.com/web_features/autocorrect">comic: "autocorrect" (hobart)</a>
reviews and articles, etc.:
<a href="https://blog.pshares.org/bad-people-and-bad-dreams-in-a-door-behind-a-door/">review: "a door behind a door" by yelena moskovich (ploughshares)</a>
<a href="http://https://blog.pshares.org/the-hare-by-melanie-finn/">review: "the hare" by melanie finn (ploughshares)</a>
<a href="http://blog.pshares.org/index.php/many-people-die-like-you-by-lina-wolff/">review: "many people die like you" by lina wolff (ploughshares)</a>
<a href="http://blog.pshares.org/index.php/ha-seong-nans-bluebeards-first-wife/">review: "bluebeard's first wife" by ha seong-nan (ploughshares)</a>
<a href="http://shamelessmag.com/blog/entry/chelsea-martins-caca-dolce-essays-for-a-shitty-era">review: "caca dolce" by chelsea martin (shameless)</a>
<a href="http://shamelessmag.com/issue/summer-2017">review: "difficult women" by roxane gay (shameless-print)</a>
<a href="http://shamelessmag.com/blog/entry/fanfic-talks-back-a-review-of-where-did-you-sleep-last-night-by-lynn-crosbi">review: "where did you sleep last night" by lynn crosbie (shameless)</a>
<a href="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/travel/destinations/the-majestically-creepy-towns-at-the-heart-of-twinpeaks/article29660457/">photos: twin peaks (globe & mail)</a>
<a href="http://shamelessmag.com/blog/entry/carrie-brownstein-hunger-makes-me-a-modern-girl">review: "hunger makes me a modern girl" by carrie brownstein (shameless)</a>
<a href="http://shamelessmag.com/blog/entry/q-a-with-sabrina-ramnanan">q & a: with author sabrina ramnanan (shameless)</a>
<a href="http://shamelessmag.com/blog/entry/girl-in-a-band-kim-gordon-and-memories-recalled">review: "girl in a band" by kim gordon (shameless)</a>
<a href="gmcovers.jpg">photos: pretty places on/in the globe (globe & mail)</a>
<a href="http://shamelessmag.com/blog/entry/well-worn-martas-favourite-band-t-shirt">profile: my favourite bikini kill t-shirt (shameless)</a>
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My debut novel BIG SHADOW is forthcoming from <a href="https://bookhugpress.ca/">Book*hug Press</a> in spring 2023. The novel follows a young woman whose friends believe the world is ending and who starts sneaking off to hang out with a 1970s New York punk scene semi-legend.
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<div id="unnamed yet">creative things:
<a href="https://www.passagesnorth.com/passagesnorthcom/2020/3/27/ripe-bananas-by-marta-balcewicz">fiction: "ripe bananas" (passages north)</a>
<a href="https://www.washingtonsquarereview.com/">fiction: "burger bite" (washington square review - issue 44)</a>
<a href="http://greensbororeview.org/issue/fall-2019-issue-106/">fiction: "bark" (the greensboro review)</a>
<a href="http://monkeybicycle.net/x-names/">fiction: "x names" (monkeybicycle)</a>
<a href="http://littlefiction.com/beta/2018Flash_MartaBalcewicz.html">fiction: "daddy rat king" (little fiction)</a>
<a href="http://www.hobartpulp.com/web_features/stephanie-loves-stephanie">fiction: "stephanie loves stephanie" (hobart)</a>
<a href="https://books.catapult.co/products/tiny-crimes-very-short-tales-of-mystery-and-murder-pre-order">fiction: "good hair" in <em>tiny crimes</em> (black balloon/catapult)</a>
<a href="http://tinhouse.com/a-guided-tour-of-the-sistine-chapel-ceiling/">fiction: "a guided tour of the sistine chapel ceiling" (tin house online)</a>
<a href="http://therumpus.net/2018/05/enough-the-type-of-boy-you-were-taught-to-want/">comic: "salty dog" (the rumpus)</a>
<a href="https://theoffingmag.com/micro/mad/">poetry: "mad" (the offing)</a>
<a href="boulevard.jpg">poetry: "godzilla" (boulevard)</a>
<a href="https://jellyfishreview.wordpress.com/2018/04/02/for-the-love-of-music-by-marta-balcewicz/">fiction: "for the love of music" (jellyfish review)</a>
<a href="malahatpoem.jpg">poetry: "fetus charles atlas" (malahat review)</a>
<a href="http://www.vol1brooklyn.com/2018/02/11/sunday-stories-cheers-for-drowning-girls/">fiction: "cheers for drowning girls" (vol.1 brooklyn)</a>
<a href="https://agnionline.bu.edu/poetry/natasha-writes-back">poetry: "natasha writes back"</a> and <a href="https://agnionline.bu.edu/poetry/bonnie-parkers-photoshoot">"bonnie parker's photoshoot" (AGNI online)</a>
<a href="prism.jpg">poetry: "this is east euro" (PRISM international) *pushcart nominee!</a>
<a href="https://www.thenormalschool.com/blog/2017/10/9/thanks-for-finally-joining-the-20th-century-since-its-already-over-by-marta-balcewicz">comic: "thanks for finally joining the 20th century since it's already over" (the normal school-online)</a>
<a href="https://catapult.co/stories/millo-my-american-armadillo">non-fic: "millo, my american armadillo" (catapult)</a>
<a href="https://pitheadchapel.com/common-weeds/">fiction: "common weeds" (pithead chapel)</a>
<a href="https://www.barrelhousemag.com/blogall/2017/8/24/le-tigre-amour-by-marta-balcewicz">comic: "le tigre amour" (barrelhouse)</a>
<a href="https://www.minolareview.com/marta-balcewicz">fiction: "women in space" (minola review)</a>
<a href="http://cosmonautsavenue.com/marta-balcewicz-lies-gymnasium/">non-fic: "lies in the gymnasium" (cosmonauts avenue)</a>
<a href="http://puritan-magazine.com/new-tenant/">poetry: "new tenant" (the puritan)</a>
<a href="http://www.hobartpulp.com/web_features/caveat-emptor-baby">comic: "caveat emptor, baby" (hobart)</a>
<a href="http://www.hobartpulp.com/web_features/autocorrect">comic: "autocorrect" (hobart)</a>
reviews and articles, etc.:
<a href="https://blog.pshares.org/bad-people-and-bad-dreams-in-a-door-behind-a-door/">review: "a door behind a door" by yelena moskovich (ploughshares)</a>
<a href="http://https://blog.pshares.org/the-hare-by-melanie-finn/">review: "the hare" by melanie finn (ploughshares)</a>
<a href="http://blog.pshares.org/index.php/many-people-die-like-you-by-lina-wolff/">review: "many people die like you" by lina wolff (ploughshares)</a>
<a href="http://blog.pshares.org/index.php/ha-seong-nans-bluebeards-first-wife/">review: "bluebeard's first wife" by ha seong-nan (ploughshares)</a>
<a href="http://shamelessmag.com/blog/entry/chelsea-martins-caca-dolce-essays-for-a-shitty-era">review: "caca dolce" by chelsea martin (shameless)</a>
<a href="http://shamelessmag.com/issue/summer-2017">review: "difficult women" by roxane gay (shameless-print)</a>
<a href="http://shamelessmag.com/blog/entry/fanfic-talks-back-a-review-of-where-did-you-sleep-last-night-by-lynn-crosbi">review: "where did you sleep last night" by lynn crosbie (shameless)</a>
<a href="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/travel/destinations/the-majestically-creepy-towns-at-the-heart-of-twinpeaks/article29660457/">photos: twin peaks (globe & mail)</a>
<a href="http://shamelessmag.com/blog/entry/carrie-brownstein-hunger-makes-me-a-modern-girl">review: "hunger makes me a modern girl" by carrie brownstein (shameless)</a>
<a href="http://shamelessmag.com/blog/entry/q-a-with-sabrina-ramnanan">q & a: with author sabrina ramnanan (shameless)</a>
<a href="http://shamelessmag.com/blog/entry/girl-in-a-band-kim-gordon-and-memories-recalled">review: "girl in a band" by kim gordon (shameless)</a>
<a href="gmcovers.jpg">photos: pretty places on/in the globe (globe & mail)</a>
<a href="http://shamelessmag.com/blog/entry/well-worn-martas-favourite-band-t-shirt">profile: my favourite bikini kill t-shirt (shameless)</a>
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