Ace Boggess

Ace Boggess is author of six books of poetry, most recently Escape Envy. His writing has appeared in Indiana Review, Michigan Quarterly Review, Notre Dame Review, Harvard Review, and other journals. An ex-con, he lives in Charleston, West Virginia, where he writes and tries to stay out of trouble. His seventh collection, Tell Us How to Live, is forthcoming in 2024 from Fernwood Press.

Work Published in Sacramento Literary Review

What We Do When the Power Comes Back On

Empty the freezer of meats in foil, many from lost origins. Have we eaten lion? Does the black bear howl with regret? What of the skunk &...

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