Dialogue:

Jahan Khajavi and Jace Brittain

Jace Brittain responds to Jahan Khajavi’s “Canzone: Jahan is Round” and “Found Ghazal: Machine”

Jahan Khajavi responds to Jace Brittain’s “Sybil, a Diptych (1982)” and “Cowed! (1974): Jean Seaburg, in her final American screen role, as Tex Panthallow……”

an image of a poetic response called "Echo Boxes," created in response to another poet's work, comprised of a series of boxes containing quoted and invented text, meant to be read in any order
an image of Jace Brittain's poem "Sibyl, a diptych (1982)" annotated in yellow and pink highlighter, created as a poetic response to the poem
an image of a poetic response called "Echo Boxes," created in response to another poet's work, comprised of a series of boxes containing quoted and invented text, meant to be read in any order
an image of Jace Brittain's poem "Cowed! (1974) Jean Seberg in her final American screen role as Tex Panthalow......" annotated in yellow and pink highlighter, created as a poetic response to the poem

For each issue, ballast asks pairs of poets to read each other’s work and respond in some way. We hope these dialogues will sound the resonances contained within the issue as well as serve to foster a sense of interconnection and community among our authors.

If you’ve been published in a previous issue of ballast and would like to participate in a dialogue, please reach out to our editors at ballastjournal@gmail.com.