Ray Ball

Ray Ball is a poet who lives in Alaska and works as a history professor at the University of Alaska Anchorage. Ball is the author of the poetry collection Trinities (Louisiana Literature Press, 2023). Ball's poems have appeared in journals including Free State Review, Glass, Orange Blossom Review, and Waccamaw. Ball has been nominated for the Pushcart Prize multiple times and was a Best of the Net finalist, and serves as senior editor of Coffin Bell and assistant editor of Juke Joint.