

A Production of Grist: A Journal of the Literary Arts
\ˈpor-trət\
n. a pictorial representation of a person (or family) usually showing the face
Chaun Ballard was raised in both Missouri and California. For six years now, he and his wife have been teaching in the Middle East and West Africa. He is currently a graduate student in the University of Alaska, Anchorage’s MFA Program. His poems have recently been published in or accepted by The Caribbean Writer, Orbis: Quarterly International Literary Journal, the Best New African Poets 2015 anthology, and other literary magazines.
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