Offerings of Desire
poems
Published on 20. February 2012
Book
Paperback/Softback
74 pages
978-0-9852877-1-9 (ISBN)
Description
Poetry collection by Kelly Norman Ellis. In her poetry, Ellis brings to life a vivid picture of the kind of women she was surrounded and brought up by during her childhood in Mississippi.
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Language
English
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 4 mm
Weight
125 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-9852877-1-9 (9780985287719)
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Kelly Norman Ellis is the author of Tougaloo Blues (2003) and Offerings of Desire (2012, 2025). Her poetry has appeared in Sisterfire: Black Womanist Fiction and Poetry, Boomer Girls, Essence Magazine, Obsidian, Cornbread Nation, and most recently Teaching Black: The Craft of Teaching on Black Life and Literature, Wherever I'm At: An Anthology of Chicago Poetry, and What Things Cost: an anthology for the people. Ellis received her PhD from the University of Kentucky and is a founding member of Affrilachian Poets. She is a recipient of a Kentucky Foundation for Women Writer's grant and is a Cave Canem Fellow. Ellis is Chairperson of the English Department at Chicago State University.