“I’d rather be a failure than a quitter,” Ballard said. “You can never quit in life. You have to have a goal.”

“I’d rather be a failure than a quitter,” Ballard said. “You can never quit in life. You have to have a goal.”
“I’d rather be a failure than a quitter,” Ballard said. “You can never quit in life. You have to have a goal.”
“I’d rather be a failure than a quitter,” Ballard said. “You can never quit in life. You have to have a goal.”
Black will spend the 2025-26 academic year at Howest University of Applied Sciences in Bruges, Belgium, where she will teach, conduct creative writing workshops and continue to work on her novel.