Mel Goldberg

Mel Goldberg spent decades teaching literature and writing to high school and college students across California, Illinois, Arizona, and as a Fulbright Exchange Teacher at Stanground College in Cambridgeshire, England. He taught people to read closely, to sit with a line until it opened up, and to trust what a few carefully chosen words could carry.

He sold most of what he owned and spent seven years traveling through the United States, Canada, and Mexico in a small motor home - following roads without fixed destinations, writing along the way.

He now lives in Ajijic, a village in Jalisco, Mexico, where the pace of life still allows a person to notice things. His stories and poems have appeared in print and online publications across the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia, and Mexico.