R.B. Lemberg

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R.B. Lemberg

R.B. Lemberg (they/them) is a queer, bigender immigrant from Ukraine to the US. R.B. is an author of six books of speculative fiction and poetry, an academic, and a translator from Ukrainian and Russian. R.B.'s latest novella Yoke of Stars (Tachyon, 2024) won the 2025 World Fantasy Award. Their other work has been shortlisted for the Le Guin Prize for Fiction, Nebula, Locus, Ignyte, Crawford, and other awards. You can find R.B. on Bluesky at @rblemberg.bsky.social, Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/rblemberg, and at their website: rblemberg.net.

R.B. Lemberg in our archives

The ghosts of me are in your machine, Poetry, Issue 15 December 2025
Writing the Diaspora Experience with R.B. Lemberg (SH@25 Episode 17), Podcasts, Issue 17 November 2025
Podcast: 'A City on Its Tentacles', Podcasts, Issue 2 June 2025
The blanket, the secret, the dark, Poetry, Issue 31 March 2025
Firebird, Stormbird, Art, Issue 25 September 2023
Iron Burns Out, Poetry, Issue 13 February 2023
A City on Its Tentacles, Fiction, Issue 31 October 2022
The broken hill and the breath, Poetry, Issue 16 May 2022
Podcast: Poetry of the 20th Anniversary Special Issue, Podcasts, Issue 31 August 2020
Stone Listening, Poetry, Issue 31 August 2020
Sergeant Bothari and Disability Representation in the Early Vorkosiverse, Articles, Issue 16 July 2018
Podcast: October Poetry, Podcasts, Issue 24 October 2016
The Ash Manifesto, Poetry, Issue 10 October 2016
The Uses and Limitations of the Folklorist's Toolkit for Fiction, Articles, Issue 30 November 2015
Podcast: November Poetry, Podcasts, Issue 23 November 2015
Ranra's Unbalancing, Poetry, Issue 23 November 2015
Three Principles of Strong Building, Poetry, Issue 2015 Fund Drive Special
Podcast: Fund Drive Poetry, Podcasts, Issue 2015 Fund Drive Special
Podcast: March Poetry, Podcasts, Issue 23 March 2015
Long Shadow, Poetry, Issue 9 March 2015
Encouraging Diversity: An Editor's Perspective, Columns, Issue 9 March 2015
Podcast: November Poetry, Podcasts, Issue 24 November 2014
Salamander Song, Poetry, Issue 2014 Fund Drive Special
The rivers, the birchgroves, all the receding earth, Poetry, Issue 10 November 2014
Podcast: February Poetry Part 2, Podcasts, Issue 24 February 2014
The Rotten Leaf Cantata, Poetry, Issue 24 February 2014
Podcast: Teffeu: a Book from the Library at Taarona, Podcasts, Issue 2013 Fund Drive Special
Teffeu: a Book from the Library at Taarona, Fiction, Issue 2013 Fund Drive Special
The Three Immigrations, Poetry, Issue 26 November 2012
Between the Mountain and the Moon, Poetry, Issue 2 July 2012
In the Third Cycle, Poetry, Issue 12 September 2011
Kifli, Fiction, Issue 7 June 2010