Robert Balun is an adjunct at The City College of New York, where he teaches creative writing, literature, and composition. His first collection of poems, Acid Western, will be published by The Operating System in 2020. His chapbook, Traces, is forthcoming from Ursus Americanus. His poems have recently appeared in Reality Beach, Powder Keg, TAGVVERK, Tammy, Prelude, Barrow Street, Apogee, Cosmonauts Avenue, and others.​