Product Description
Barry Ballard's collection of lyrical blank verse sonnets inhabit contemporary settings and tell stories with precise imagery and metaphor. The work touches subjects ranging from social and environmental issues to astronomy, envy, and Ansel Adams.
About the Author
Barry Ballard was born in rural Holt, Michigan. After returning from Vietnam, he earned an M.A. in theology and philosophy from Texas Christian University. His poems have appeared in American Literary Review, Midwestern Quarterly, Paris/Atlantic, and many other journals. A winner of a 1999 Award for Literature from the University of Alaska, this is his first published collection.
