Sally Ball

Biography
Sally Ball is the author of Hold Sway (NY: Barros Street, 2019), Wreck Me (NY: Barrow Street, 2013) and Annus Mirabilis, which was selected by Ellen Bryant Voigt for the Barrow Street Press Poetry Prize (NY: Barrow Street, 2005). Her poems have appeared in The American Poetry Review, Bennington Review, Boston Review Forum 3, The Common, Harvard Review, Ploughshares, Slate, Threepenny Review, Tin House, Yale Review, and other journals, as well as in the Best American Poetry anthology. Ball is the associate director of Four Way Books, an independent press based in New York City. A recipient of fellowships from the Arizona Commission on the Arts, the Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference, the Camac Centre d'Art, the James Merrill House, and the Ucross Foundation, she has also taught at The Frost Place Festival and Conference on Poetry. At ASU, she teaches poetry workshops and courses in modern and contemporary American poetry. She also offers internships with Four Way Books to students in the MFA Program for Creative Writing.
Education
- M.F.A. Poetry, Warren Wilson College 1994
- B.A. Williams College 1990
Research Interests
writing poetry; American poetry in the 20th and 21st centuries
Publications
- Sally Ball. Hold Sway. (2019).
- Sally Ball. Wreck Me. (2013).
- Sally Ball. Annus Mirabilis. (2005).
Research Activity
Artist Book:
HOLD, Limited edition (not more than 250 copies) hand-sewn artist book in collaboration with Czech printmaker Jan Vičar, including translation of the poem into French, with Vičar making engravings, cutting the type, etc. To be printed in Germany and the Czech Republic. Forthcoming, 2018. The work has also been translated into Japanese and exhibited in Tokyo (Czech Center, June 2018); other exhibits have taken place in Austria, the Czech Republic, France and Germany.
Courses
Spring 2022 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
ENG 498 | Pro-Seminar |
ENG 598 | Special Topics |
Fall 2021 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
ENG 539 | Studies Mod/Postmod Lit/Theory |
Spring 2021 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
ENG 584 | Internship |
ENG 665 | Creative Methods |
Fall 2020 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
ENG 287 | Beginning Workshop Poetry |
ENG 584 | Internship |
ENG 593 | Applied Project |
ENG 594 | Conference and Workshop |
Spring 2020 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
ENG 287 | Beginning Workshop Poetry |
ENG 584 | Internship |
ENG 593 | Applied Project |
ENG 594 | Conference and Workshop |
Fall 2019 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
ENG 487 | Advanced Workshop Poetry |
ENG 494 | Special Topics |
ENG 584 | Internship |
Spring 2019 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
ENG 387 | Intermediate Workshop Poetry |
ENG 494 | Special Topics |
ENG 584 | Internship |
Fall 2018 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
ENG 287 | Beginning Workshop Poetry |
ENG 487 | Advanced Workshop Poetry |
ENG 580 | Practicum |
ENG 584 | Internship |
ENG 593 | Applied Project |
Spring 2018 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
ENG 580 | Practicum |
ENG 584 | Internship |
ENG 594 | Conference and Workshop |
Fall 2017 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
ENG 287 | Beginning Workshop Poetry |
ENG 539 | Studies Mod/Postmod Lit/Theory |
ENG 580 | Practicum |
ENG 584 | Internship |
ENG 593 | Applied Project |
Editorships
Associate Director, Four Way Books
Service
Faculty Honors Advisor for Creative Writing, Barrett, the Honors College, ASU.