Kelly Norman Ellis
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General Information
Name: Kelly Norman EllisPen Name: None
Genres: Poetry
Born: in Belleville, Illinois
Website: N/A
Email: conjwoman@aol.com
Illinois Connection
Kelly Norman Ellis is an assistant professor of English at Chicago State University. Currently, she lives on Chicago’s south side.
Biographical and Professional Information
Kelly Norman Ellis is an associate professor of English and creative writing at Chicago State University. She is also the associate director of the MFA in Creative Writing program as CSU. She is a poet whose work has appeared in Sisterfire: Black Womanist Fiction and Poetry, Spirit and Flame, Role Call: A Generational Anthology of Social and Political Black Literature and Art, Boomer Girls, Essence Magazine, Obsidian, Calyx, and Cornbread Nation.
Ellis is a recipient of a Kentucky Foundation for Women writer’s grant and is a Cave Canem fellow and founding member of the Affrilachian Poets. Her first collection of poetry Tougaloo Blues was published by Third World Press in 2003. Dr. Ellis is at work on a new collection entitled The Shoe Cobbler’s Daughters.
Published Works
Tougaloo Blues, Third World Press, 2003
Titles for Purchase and at Your Library
 | Tougaloo BluesISBN: 0883782464 Release Date: 2003-06-01 |
Literary Awards
Speaking Engagements and Upcoming Appearances
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External Links
Kelly Norman Ellis on WorldCat
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