Louisiana Literature Press is proud to announce the publication of Ray Ball’s poetry collection, Trinities.
The book is currently available for purchase through our press store (Please remember to specify title and author when submitting payment via PayPal.). The book will also be listed on Amazon.com in the near future.
From Trinities
[m]align[ancy]
you are pyrolysis
all char & coke
& vermillion
I [trace] the vascular
structure of stone fruits[’]
pits stained cinnabar
you dream acres
straw & switchgrass
oil shale lines
the cross ties
[I could wish]
a desolate ochre
we are soot &
tarry [,] smoke[:]
a toxic preserve
About Our Author
Originally from Oklahoma, Ray Ball currently lives on
the land of the Dena’ina, where she works as a Professor of
European and World History at the University of Alaska
Anchorage. She is the author of two history books and
two chapbooks of poetry. Her poetry and fiction have
appeared in numerous literary journals, including Black
Fork Review, Free State Review, Glass , and Waccamaw . Ray
has received multiple nominations for Pushcart and been
a Best of the Net finalist. She is senior editor at Coffin Bell
and assistant editor at Juke Joint . Ray also serves on the
board of directors of the Alaska Humanities Forum.