Carol Smallwood asked me a bunch of questions over at The Bookends Review including such things as where my interest in books first materialised (in the womb?), on Compulsive Reader, and Unmaking Atoms including a sample poem, “Redhead Beach” which was highly commended in the Morisset show (a show poem!). Check it out here: http://thebookendsreview.com/2018/05/16/interview-w-magadalena-ball/
In this chat with the wonderful Anna Forsyth of Girl on Key, I read several poems from Unmaking Atoms and talk about the book (and lots of other things, like the value of poetry and my mathematical inadequacies for example):
The new anthology Brew: 30 Years of Poetry at the Pub was launched last weekend at the Newcastle Writers Festival and I was very pleased to have had a poem included. Poetry at the Pub meets on the 3rd and 5th Mondays of the Month at the Wickham Park Hotel and provides an egalitarian and convivial environment for poets to read their work aloud, try new things, and share a drink. As one of Australia’s longest running PATPs, the 30 year milestone is a big deal. The book itself is a thing of beauty, expertly edited by the wonderful Dael Allison: full of great poetry and an historic record too.
I’m very honoured to have a few new poems published in Pete Spence’s Donnithorne Street Press one-off magazine “Read On”. These quirky, hand-produced print magazines are such fun–there’s something nostalgic and lovely about a hand-made ‘zine–and full of good writing. I get to share the magazine with poets like Gerard Malanga, Gig Ryan, Charles Bernstein, and many others.
Hawkeye Publishing’s resident author and founder Carolyn Martinez asked me to answer a few questions for her, mostly around Compulsive Reader, my own podcast, and a little about my books. As I’ve interviewed Carolyn before, it was fun to turn the tables and let her interview me.
Check it out here: http://hawkeyepublishing.com.au/in-conversation-with-compulsive-readers-founder-maggie-ball/
Ivan Obolensky asks me some intruiguing questions about such things as life in Australia vs life in the US, my day job, CCNY vs Oxford, Compulsive Reader, on collaborations, on how I cope with my own reviews, and lots more. Check it out here: https://ivanobolensky.com/interview-with-magdalena-ball/
I’m very pleased to once again find myself in the exceptionally fine company of Pete Spence’s Donnithorne Street Press publication Have Your Chill. This classic styled ‘zine is full of wonderful poems, and a pleasure to hold in the hand.
Ivy Ireland has written a most wonderful review of Unmaking Atoms (and Petra White’s Reading for a Quiet Morning) in Cordite Poetry Review. I love every word of Ivy’s thoughtful and very empathetic review: “The poems of Unmaking Atoms, while on the surface exploring a penchant for the endless bifurcations of astrophysics, Buddhist spirituality and contemporary psychology, more aptly grapple with what it is to be human in a world dealing with its own extinctions and loss of foreseeable futures.” Check it out below:
I’ve got a new poem titled “Cultural Universal: A Pantoum” in the 2017 Write Like You’re Alive anthology published by the marvellous Zoetic Press. The book is available for free download online here: https://zoetic-press.myshopify.com/products/write-like-youre-alive-2017
