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Rattlecast

Tara Ballard

Don Rearden

Sharon Emmerichs

Tom Sexton

Alyse Knorr

John Haines

Barrett Martin

Keenan Powell

Chris Anderson

Dana Gioia

Naomi Shihab Nye

Amy Miller

Don Quixote

Todd Davis

David Berman

OwlTail

In this episode we'll visit with Chaun Ballard and his chapbook, Flight. Chaun has appeared in issues 66 and 60 of Rattle, and several times in Poets Respond.  Raised in St. Louis, Missouri, and San Bernardino, California, Chaun Ballard is the co-host of the Blue Doors Poetry Retreat in Galaxidi, Greece, an affiliate editor for Alaska Quarterly Review, a Callaloo fellow, and a graduate of the MFA Program at the University of Alaska Anchorage. Chaun Ballard’s chapbook, Flight, is the winner of the 2018 Sunken Garden Poetry Prize and is published by Tupelo Press. His poems have appeared or are forthcoming in Columbia Poetry Review, Frontier Poetry, Hayden’s Ferry Review, Lunch Ticket, Narrative Magazine, Pittsburgh Poetry Review, Rattle, Spoon River Poetry Review, The New York Times, Tupelo Quarterly, and other literary magazines. His work has received nominations for both Best of the Net and a Pushcart Prize.For more information, visit: https://chaunballard.com/Warm-up Poem"Roll Call for Michael Brown" by Jason McCallhttps://www.rattle.com/roll-call-for-michael-brown-by-jason-mccall/

In this episode we'll visit with Chaun Ballard and his chapbook, Flight. Chaun has appeared in issues 66 and 60 of Rattle, and several times in Poets Respond. Raised in St. Louis, Missouri, and San Bernardino, California, Chaun Ballard is the co-host of the Blue Doors Poetry Retreat in Galaxidi, Greece, an affiliate editor for Alaska Quarterly Review, a Callaloo fellow, and a graduate of the MFA Program at the University of Alaska Anchorage. Chaun Ballard’s chapbook, Flight, is the winner of the 2018 Sunken Garden Poetry Prize and is published by Tupelo Press. His poems have appeared or are forthcoming in Columbia Poetry Review, Frontier Poetry, Hayden’s Ferry Review, Lunch Ticket, Narrative Magazine, Pittsburgh Poetry Review, Rattle, Spoon River Poetry Review, The New York Times, Tupelo Quarterly, and other literary magazines. His work has received nominations for both Best of the Net and a Pushcart Prize. For more information, visit: <a href="https://chaunballard.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://chaunballard.com/</a> Warm-up Poem "Roll Call for Michael Brown" by Jason McCall <a href="https://www.rattle.com/roll-call-for-michael-brown-by-jason-mccall/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.rattle.com/roll-call-for-michael-brown-by-jason-mccall/</a>

ep. 25 - Chaun Ballard

Cinthia Ritchie

Stephen Bolen

Kellie Doherty

Six Creative Writers discuss Writing and Literary Genres:  Memoir, Historical Fiction, Fantasy, Poetry and Fiction.  Cinthia Ritchie (2:33-12:21), Dolls Behaving Badly and a forthcoming memoir coming this fall; historical fiction author Stephanie Marie Thornton (12:44-22:01), American Princess: A Novel of First Daughter Alice Roosevelt; poet Chaun Ballard (22:17-38:50), Flight; poet Stephen D. Bolen (39:17-51:00), a novel in progress called Tracing Grace);  fantasy author Kellie Doherty (51:12-60:28), Sunkissed Feathers &amp; Severed Ties; and poet Tara Ballard (60:42-74:51), House of the Night Watch) together for readings and a multi genre craft talk.   Discussion and Q &amp; A follow the readings (1:15-1:37).

Six Creative Writers:  Cinthia Ritchie, Stephanie Thornton, Chaun Ballard, Stephen Bolen, Kellie Doherty, Tara Ballard

Chaun Ballard’s poetry collection Flight, published by Tupelo Press, is winner of the 2018 Sunken Garden Poetry Prize. The poems give testament to the struggle of skin color in contemporary America. “Utilizing both innovation and tradition, Chaun Ballard gives voice to the silenced, proof to the disenfranchised, and life to the gone.”   Chaun Ballard was raised in St. Louis, Missouri, and San Bernardino, California.  He is a graduate of the MFA Program at UAA, an affiliate editor for Alaska Quarterly Review and a Callaloo fellow.   For the past eight years, he and his wife have been teaching in West Africa and the Middle East.Chaun Ballard’s poems have appeared ANMLY (FKA Drunken Boat), Borderlands: Texas Poetry Review, Chiron Review, Columbia Poetry Review, Frontier Poetry, International Poetry Review, Pittsburgh Poetry Review, and Rattle.  His voice is the soothing voice of poetry for our time.

Chaun Ballard’s poetry collection Flight, published by Tupelo Press, is winner of the 2018 Sunken Garden Poetry Prize. The poems give testament to the struggle of skin color in contemporary America. “Utilizing both innovation and tradition, Chaun Ballard gives voice to the silenced, proof to the disenfranchised, and life to the gone.” Chaun Ballard was raised in St. Louis, Missouri, and San Bernardino, California. He is a graduate of the MFA Program at UAA, an affiliate editor for Alaska Quarterly Review and a Callaloo fellow. For the past eight years, he and his wife have been teaching in West Africa and the Middle East. Chaun Ballard’s poems have appeared ANMLY (FKA Drunken Boat), Borderlands: Texas Poetry Review, Chiron Review, Columbia Poetry Review, Frontier Poetry, International Poetry Review, Pittsburgh Poetry Review, and Rattle. His voice is the soothing voice of poetry for our time.

 Poet Chaun Ballard presents Flight