Micah Ballard

Micah Ballard was born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Recent books include Negative Capability in the Verse of John Wieners, Bettina Coffin, In the Kindness of Night, Scenes from the Saragossa Manuscript, Evangeline Downs, Parish Krewes, and the collaborations Death Race V.S.O.P. and Easy Eden. From 2000-07 he directed the Humanities Program at New College of California and currently works for the MFA in Writing Program at USF. He is co-editor for Auguste Press and Lew Gallery Editions.