Education
M.F.A. in Creative Writing from the University of New Orleans
Biosketch
Julian Zabalbeascoa earned his MFA in Creative Writing from the University of New Orleans and taught at various institutions throughout California before moving to Boston. Now a Visiting Professor in the Honors College at the University of Massachusetts Lowell, he leads annual study abroad programs to Donostia-San Sebastian, Havana, Madrid, and Chile.
Selected Publications
鈥淭he Family of the Bethlehem Carpenter鈥 鈥 Boulevard (February 2023)
鈥淒istant Laughter鈥 鈥 Tiny Windows (January 2023)
鈥淎 Life Anew鈥 鈥 One Story (February 2022)
鈥淭he Butcher and the Tavern鈥 鈥 The Florida Review (January 2022)
鈥淭he Common: Friday Reads鈥 鈥 The Common Online (December 2021)
鈥淲hat We Tried to Bury Grows Here鈥 鈥 Ploughshares (Fall 2021)
鈥淛ulian Zabalbeascoa on 鈥業gerilaria鈥欌 鈥 New Books in Literature Podcast (October 2021)
鈥淒istant Laughter鈥 鈥 Copper Nickel (Fall 2021)
鈥淚gerilaria鈥 鈥 The Common (Fall 2021)
鈥淐ampfire Outside Valdorros鈥 鈥 Electric Literature (May 2021)
鈥淎n Interview with Kevin Barry鈥 鈥 The Believer (March 2021)
鈥淎n Argentinian Underworld Haunted by the Ghosts of the Past:听
An Interview with Daniel Loedel鈥 鈥 Electric Literature (February 2021)
鈥淕rand Lies We Tell Ourselves: An Interview with David Moloney鈥 鈥 The Millions (April 2020)
鈥淟iterary Testimony: An Interview with Fernando Aramburu鈥 鈥撎
The Millions (April 2019)
鈥淭roubling Silences: On Bernardo Atxaga鈥檚 Nevada Days鈥 鈥撎
The Millions (July 2018)
鈥淐atalunya鈥 鈥 War, Literature, & the Arts: Folios (2017)
鈥淣o One Here is Going to Save You鈥 鈥 The Gettysburg Review (Fall 2016), 2018 Pushcart Prize Special Mention
鈥淔orgetting, Remembering: On Gabriel Urza鈥檚 All That Followed鈥 鈥 Salamander (Winter 2015)
鈥淟et Slip the Dogs鈥 鈥 American Short Fiction (Fall 2015)
鈥淕ernika鈥 鈥 Glimmer Train: First Place Winner, Very Short Fiction contest, April 2015 (Fall 2015)
鈥淰iva La Muerte!鈥 鈥 the minnesota review (Fall 2015)
鈥淪mash the Blasted Scales鈥 鈥 Glimmer Train Bulletin 90 (July 2015)
鈥淭he Last Hanged Man in San Sebastian鈥 鈥 The Sonora Review (Spring 2015)
鈥淭he Ikurrina鈥 鈥 The Chattahoochee Review (Spring 2014)
鈥498鈥 鈥 Ploughshares (Winter 2013)
鈥淭he Soul of this Land鈥 鈥 Shenandoah (Winter 2013)
鈥淯ndertow鈥 鈥 Southern Indiana Review (Spring 2013)
鈥淭he Zulo鈥 鈥 Post Road (Spring 2012)