Sally Ball
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Sara Louise "Sally" Ball is an American poet
, editor, and professor. She is the author of Annus Mirabilis (Barrow Street Press, 2005). Her poems and essays have appeared in literary journals and magazines including American Poetry Review, Harvard Review, Pleiades, Ploughshares, Rivendell, Slate, Threepenny Review, Salmagundi, The Southwest Review, The Threepenny Review, Yale Review, and the Review of Contemporary Fiction. She earned her B.A. from Williams College
, and her M.F.A. from Warren Wilson College
. She taught at Beloit College
, and worked at Washington University’s International Writers Center. She is associate director of Four Way Books. She teaches at Arizona State University
. In 1993, she married T. M. McNally
; they have three children.
Poet
A poet is a person who writes poetry. A poet's work can be literal, meaning that his work is derived from a specific event, or metaphorical, meaning that his work can take on many meanings and forms. Poets have existed since antiquity, in nearly all languages, and have produced works that vary...
, editor, and professor. She is the author of Annus Mirabilis (Barrow Street Press, 2005). Her poems and essays have appeared in literary journals and magazines including American Poetry Review, Harvard Review, Pleiades, Ploughshares, Rivendell, Slate, Threepenny Review, Salmagundi, The Southwest Review, The Threepenny Review, Yale Review, and the Review of Contemporary Fiction. She earned her B.A. from Williams College
Williams College
Williams College is a private liberal arts college located in Williamstown, Massachusetts, United States. It was established in 1793 with funds from the estate of Ephraim Williams. Originally a men's college, Williams became co-educational in 1970. Fraternities were also phased out during this...
, and her M.F.A. from Warren Wilson College
Warren Wilson College
Warren Wilson College is a private four-year work college in the Swannanoa Valley, North Carolina, United States near Asheville. It is known for its curriculum of work, academics, and service, called "the Triad," which requires every student to work an on-campus job, perform at least one hundred...
. She taught at Beloit College
Beloit College
Beloit College is a liberal arts college in Beloit, Wisconsin, USA. It is a member of the Associated Colleges of the Midwest, and has an enrollment of roughly 1,300 undergraduate students. Beloit is the oldest continuously operated college in Wisconsin, and has the oldest building of any college...
, and worked at Washington University’s International Writers Center. She is associate director of Four Way Books. She teaches at Arizona State University
Arizona State University
Arizona State University is a public research university located in the Phoenix Metropolitan Area of the State of Arizona...
. In 1993, she married T. M. McNally
T. M. McNally
-Life:Born May 20th, 1969, he was raised in Chicago, Il.He moved to Arizona when he was 15. He graduated from Rockford College, and Arizona State University.He teaches at Arizona State University Tempe Campus....
; they have three children.
Honors and awards
- 2011 Arizona Commission on the Arts Fellowship
- 2007 Margaret Bridgman Fellow at Bread Loaf Writers' ConferenceBread Loaf Writers' ConferenceThe Bread Loaf Writers' Conference is a writers' conference held every summer at the Bread Loaf Inn, near Bread Loaf Mountain, east of Middlebury, Vermont...
External links
- Author Website
- Poems: "Dear Matthew" and others, Narrative, Spring 2011
- Poem: "One Story of Conversion", Poetry Daily
- Poems: "Racial Parable with No Black People", Starting Today, March 17, 2009
- Poems: "In Hannover: Clairvoyance", Drunken Boat, Spring 2005
- Poems: "Gymnasium", Ploughshares, Winter 1996-97
- Poems: "Questiones, Ploughshares, Spring 2004
- Poem: "Visiting the Real Ranch", slate, July 15, 2008
- Poems: "Sound Bow, Lip, Mouth"; "Phobic Darling"; "After Valentine's Day", Locus Point, 31 August 2008