A01=Micah Ballard
Author_Micah Ballard
Bay Area poets
Category=DCF
countercultural poetry
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metaphysical poetry
poetry about chance encounters
poetry about San Francisco
urban poetry
Product details
- ISBN 9780872865440
- Weight: 127g
- Dimensions: 139 x 177mm
- Publication Date: 20 Oct 2011
- Publisher: City Lights Books
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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In the sixth publication in the City Lights Spotlight Poetry Series, Cajun poet Micah Ballard's Waifs and Strays recombines the allure, fixations, and diction of the metaphysical poets with the alert and streetwise urban fracturing and amazements instantaneous in contemporary San Francisco. With the haunted elegance of Charles Baudelaire and the handmade warmth of Semina, Waifs and Strays is a rejection of a slick and disposable culture. Born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Micah Ballard studied at New College of California, working with David Meltzer, Joanne Kyger, and Tom Clark. He currently co-directs the MFA in writing program at University of San Francisco. He co-edits Auguste Press.
Born in Baton Rouge, Micah Ballard attended the Poetics program at New College of California, where he studied with David Meltzer, Joanne Kyger, and Tom Clark. From 2000-07, he directed the Humanities program there and currently co-directs the MFA in Writing program at University of San Francisco. He co-edits Auguste Press and serves on the editorial board for New Orleans University Press.
