Angela Ball

Angela Ball is Professor of English at the University of Southern Mississippi with expertise in poetry writing and literary studies. She holds a Ph.D. from University of Denver (1979) and an MFA in Creative Writing (Poetry) from University of Iowa (1975). Ball teaches poetry workshops, poetic forms, and contemporary world literature courses.

Her creative and scholarly work engages with modern and contemporary poetry forms, international literary traditions, and creative writing pedagogy. Ball's teaching emphasizes poetic craft and global literary perspectives, drawing on her proficiency in Spanish, French, and Italian.