In Some Mornings, Nelson Balls trademark minimalism takes on a new expansiveness. It is a book of both profound joy and mourning. In sharply observed poems about nature and the nature of people, Ball
Chewing Water continues Nelson Ball's fascinating forays into the social, into communities of humans, after spending decades writing almost exclusively about nature. While mourning, loss, and decay ar
In his first full-length collection since winning the prestigious bpNichol Chapbook Award for Small Waterways, and since the release of the landmark Certain Details: The Poetry of Nelson Ball, our mos
