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.
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.
