Joe Balaz writes in Hawaiian Islands Pidgin (Hawai’i Creole English) and in American English. He edited Ho’omanoa: An Anthology of Contemporary Hawaiian Literature and he is the author of Pidgin Eye (2019). He presently lives in Cleveland, Ohio. ‘Moa Space Foa Ramble’ was first published in Juked and is included in Pidgin Eye.

Joe Balaz's work featured in Stand Magazine comprises one contribution of poetry.