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Magdalena Ball Magdalena Ball i(A65133 works by)
Also writes as: Maggie Ball
Gender: Female
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1 Estuary i "Hands bleed estuary light after the fifth", Magdalena Ball , 2024 single work poetry
— Appears in: Cordite Poetry Review , 1 February no. 111 2024;
1 Knucklebones i "In a picture of a picture there was a man", Magdalena Ball , 2023 single work poetry
— Appears in: Science Write Now , no. 9 2023;
1 A Conversation between Charles Rammelkamp and Magdalena Ball Charles Rammelkamp (interviewer), Magdalena Ball (interviewer), 2023 single work interview
— Appears in: Rabbit , 37 2023; (p. 172-177)
1 2 y separately published work icon Bobish Magdalena Ball , Waratah : Puncher and Wattmann , 2023 25691111 2023 selected work poetry

'Though she was only fourteen years old, like many other Jews in Eastern Europe’s Pale of Settlement in 1907, Rebecca Lieberman gathered her few belongings and left for the United States. What follows is a unique and poetic story of history, war, mysticism, music, abuse, survival and transcendence against the backdrop of New York City in the ‘20s, ‘30s and ‘40s.

'“A fourteen-year-old girl is launched by pogroms and poverty into the New World, fearful and alone. How can she know that her great-granddaughter would weave her story, through imagination and a careful reading of history, into a poetic gift to her memory, and for many more generations to come?”' (Publication summary)
1 Anatomy of a Lemon i "Lemons break down", Magdalena Ball , 2021 single work poetry
— Appears in: Plumwood Mountain : An Australian Journal of Ecopoetry and Ecopoetics , November vol. 8 no. 1 2021;
1 Chromesthesia Magdalena Ball , 2021 single work poetry
— Appears in: Poetry for the Planet : An Anthology of Imagined Futures 2021;
1 Repairing the World i "She was tired. Her body slowly", Magdalena Ball , 2021 single work poetry
— Appears in: Hecate , vol. 47 no. 1/2 2021; (p. 210-211)
1 What Remains i "How far back can you go?", Magdalena Ball , 2021 single work poetry
— Appears in: Hecate , vol. 47 no. 1/2 2021; (p. 208-209)
1 A Careless Cigarette i "March 25th, 1911.", Magdalena Ball , 2021 single work poetry
— Appears in: Hecate , vol. 47 no. 1/2 2021; (p. 205-207)
1 Ephemeral Washington Square i "Sometimes something shifted.", Magdalena Ball , 2021 single work poetry
— Appears in: Hecate , vol. 47 no. 1/2 2021; (p. 204-205)
1 Every Poem Is a Lie i "There is no dissembling here, no truth to be verified", Magdalena Ball , 2021 single work poetry
— Appears in: Hecate , vol. 47 no. 1/2 2021; (p. 202-203) Rabbit , 37 2023; (p. 178-180)
1 A Review of More Lies by Richard James Allen Magdalena Ball , 2021 2021 single work review
— Appears in: The Compulsive Reader 2000-;
— Review of More Lies Richard James Allen , 2021 single work novella
1 Transmission i "If you were looking for a sign or excuse", Magdalena Ball , 2021 single work poetry
— Appears in: Rochford Street Review , no. 33 2021;
1 The Density of Compact Bone i "I don’t want to write this", Magdalena Ball , 2021 single work poetry
— Appears in: Rochford Street Review , no. 33 2021;
1 Mantle Over the Kill i "Ornithological has so many beats", Magdalena Ball , 2021 single work poetry
— Appears in: Rochford Street Review , no. 33 2021;
1 Earth Scars i "An object of darkness travelling fifteen miles a second came into close collision", Magdalena Ball , 2021 single work poetry
— Appears in: Rochford Street Review , no. 33 2021;
1 AKA i "Her name is Mud", Magdalena Ball , 2021 single work
— Appears in: Rochford Street Review , no. 33 2021;
1 Taken with Time i "She knew the drill", Magdalena Ball , 2021 single work poetry
— Appears in: Live Encounters , April 2021-2022;
1 The Black Hundreds i "No one remembers anything", Magdalena Ball , 2021 single work poetry
— Appears in: Live Encounters , April 2021-2022;
1 Two Kopeks i "Seven of them one room", Magdalena Ball , 2021 single work poetry
— Appears in: Live Encounters , April 2021-2022;
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