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Laymon noted, \u201cOur hope is to <span style=\"color: #011e41;\"><strong>ritualize workshops and incredible food for young folks in our community<\/strong><\/span> who might not get a lot of time to write and read \u2018creatively.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>We also want young people to consider the <span style=\"color: #011e41;\"><strong>creativity that gets food from the land to the table in Mississippi<\/strong><\/span>.\u201d At his bequest, the <span style=\"color: #011e41;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-color: #78a5b5; text-decoration-style: double; text-decoration-thickness: 1.5px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/margaretwalkercenter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-safelink=\"true\" data-linkindex=\"0\" style=\"color: #011e41; text-decoration: underline 1.5px double #78a5b5;\"><strong>Margaret Walker Center<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/span> at Jackson State University is the permanent home of the Catherine Coleman Literary Arts, Food and Justice Initiative.<\/p><\/div><hr class=\"x-line e17-e27 mh-1d mh-1e\"\/><\/div><div class=\"x-col e17-e28 mh-t\"><span class=\"x-image e17-e29 mh-1g mh-d x-effect-exit\" data-x-effect=\"{&quot;scroll&quot;:true,&quot;offsetTop&quot;:&quot;10%&quot;,&quot;offsetBottom&quot;:&quot;10%&quot;,&quot;behaviorScroll&quot;:&quot;fire-once&quot;,&quot;animationEnter&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;,&quot;animationExit&quot;:&quot;rollOut&quot;}\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/catherinecoleman\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Farm_to_Table_Photo_Veggies.png\" width=\"750\" height=\"794\" alt=\"Image\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"x-section e17-e30 mh-0 mh-3 mh-6 mh-7 mh-8 mh-9\" id=\"catherinecolemanbio\"><div class=\"x-bg\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><div class=\"x-bg-layer-upper-image\" data-x-element-bg-layer=\"{&quot;parallaxSize&quot;:&quot;150%&quot;,&quot;parallaxDir&quot;:&quot;v&quot;,&quot;parallaxRev&quot;:false}\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"x-row x-container max width e17-e31 mh-e mh-f mh-h mh-o\"><div class=\"x-row-inner\"><div class=\"x-col e17-e32 mh-t mh-d x-effect-exit\" data-x-effect=\"{&quot;scroll&quot;:true,&quot;offsetTop&quot;:&quot;10%&quot;,&quot;offsetBottom&quot;:&quot;10%&quot;,&quot;behaviorScroll&quot;:&quot;fire-once&quot;,&quot;animationEnter&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;,&quot;animationExit&quot;:&quot;rollOut&quot;}\"><div class=\"x-grid x-container max width e17-e33 mh-1h\"><div class=\"x-cell e17-e34 mh-1i mh-1j\"><span class=\"x-image e17-e35 mh-1g\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/catherinecoleman\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Catherine_Coleman_Photo_box.png\" width=\"554\" height=\"650\" alt=\"Image\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/span><\/div><div class=\"x-cell e17-e36 mh-1j mh-1k\"><div class=\"x-bg\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><div class=\"x-bg-layer-lower-image\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"x-text x-content e17-e37 mh-w mh-x mh-z mh-10 mh-16 mh-17\"><h3>Catherine Coleman<\/h3><\/div><div class=\"x-text x-content e17-e38 mh-w mh-11 mh-12 mh-15 mh-18 mh-19\"><p style=\"text-align: left;\">Catherine Coleman, grandmother of writer, Kiese Laymon, was born in 1929 in Scott County, Mississippi. She worked in the fields of Scott County from the age of seven.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">While nearly all of her family left Mississippi during the Great Migration, Coleman believed that she had a right to live a dignified life on the Mississippi land she worked. Unable to finish high school with her class due to this necessary field work, Coleman earned her high school diploma through correspondence courses. While working as a domestic and a chicken plant line worker, she put her four children through college and made sure that three of them earned graduate degrees. All of her children and grandchildren went on to lives as teachers.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">An active member of Concord Missionary Baptist Church, Coleman organized church-based summer arts programs for the children of Forest, Mississippi for decades until diabetes compromised her mobility. Kiese Laymon\u2019s investment in Mississippi\u2019s youth mirrors that of his grandmother, who stayed and fought for a better future for the state\u2019s children rather than leave for promises of greater freedom and opportunities through the Great Migration to the North.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"x-section e17-e39 mh-0 mh-1 mh-9 mh-a\" id=\"team\"><div class=\"x-bg\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><div class=\"x-bg-layer-lower-image\" data-x-element-bg-layer=\"{&quot;parallaxSize&quot;:&quot;150%&quot;,&quot;parallaxDir&quot;:&quot;v&quot;,&quot;parallaxRev&quot;:false}\"><\/div><div class=\"x-bg-layer-upper-color\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"x-row x-container max width e17-e40 mh-f mh-g mh-h mh-p\"><div class=\"x-row-inner\"><div class=\"x-col e17-e41 mh-t mh-v\"><div id=\"awsm-team-101\" class=\"awsm-grid-wrapper\">\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=''>\n\t\t<div class=\"gridder awsm-grid drawer-style style-1 grid-4-col \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div 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awsm-grid-list-item-208\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"383\" height=\"383\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/catherinecoleman\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Danielle_Littlefield_Assistant_Director_Catherine_Coleman_Initiative_Team_Member.png\" class=\"attachment-awsm_team size-awsm_team wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-personal-info\"><span><\/span><h3>Danielle Littlefield<\/h3><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"awsm-member-101-105\" class=\"awsm-grid-list awsm-grid-card awsm-team-item awsm-scale-anm awsm-all\" data-griddercontent=\"#awsm-grid-content-105\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"awsm-team-link-control awsm-grid-list-item awsm-grid-list-item-105\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"383\" height=\"383\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/catherinecoleman\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Charlie_Braxton.png\" class=\"attachment-awsm_team size-awsm_team wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-personal-info\"><span><\/span><h3>Charlie Braxton<\/h3><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"awsm-member-101-109\" class=\"awsm-grid-list awsm-grid-card awsm-team-item awsm-scale-anm awsm-all\" data-griddercontent=\"#awsm-grid-content-109\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"awsm-team-link-control awsm-grid-list-item awsm-grid-list-item-109\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"383\" height=\"383\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/catherinecoleman\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Maximus_Wright.png\" class=\"attachment-awsm_team size-awsm_team wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-personal-info\"><span><\/span><h3>Maximus Wright<\/h3><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"awsm-member-101-113\" class=\"awsm-grid-list awsm-grid-card awsm-team-item awsm-scale-anm awsm-all\" data-griddercontent=\"#awsm-grid-content-113\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"awsm-team-link-control awsm-grid-list-item awsm-grid-list-item-113\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"383\" height=\"383\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/catherinecoleman\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Shanna_Smith_Photo.png\" class=\"attachment-awsm_team size-awsm_team wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-personal-info\"><span><\/span><h3>Shanna L Smith<\/h3><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"awsm-member-101-231\" class=\"awsm-grid-list awsm-grid-card awsm-team-item awsm-scale-anm awsm-all\" data-griddercontent=\"#awsm-grid-content-231\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"awsm-team-link-control awsm-grid-list-item awsm-grid-list-item-231\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"383\" height=\"383\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/catherinecoleman\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Kelly_Norman_Ellis_2025_Team_Photo_Box_Catherine_Coleman_Initiative.png\" class=\"attachment-awsm_team size-awsm_team wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-personal-info\"><span><\/span><h3>Kelly Norman Ellis<\/h3><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"awsm-grid-expander style-1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"awsm-member-info-101-99\"  class=\"awsm-grid-expander style-1\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-detailed-info\" id=\"awsm-grid-content-99\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-details\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-personal-details\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-content-scrollbar\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span><\/span><h2>Kiese Laymon<\/h2><p>Kiese Laymon is a Black southern writer from Jackson, Mississippi. Laymon is the Libby Shearn Moody Professor of English and Creative Writing at Rice University. Laymon is the author of Long Division, which won the 2022 NAACP Image Award for fiction, and the essay collection, How to Slowly Kill Yourself and Others in America, named a notable book of 2021 by the New York Times critics. Laymon\u2019s bestselling memoir, Heavy: An American Memoir, won the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction, the Christopher Isherwood Prize for Autobiographical Prose, the Barnes and Noble Discovery Award, the Austen Riggs Erikson Prize for Excellence in Mental Health Media, and was named one of the 50 Best Memoirs of the Past 50 Years by the New York Times. The audiobook, read by the author, was named the Audible 2019 Audiobook of the Year.<\/p>\n<p>Laymon is the recipient of the 2020-2021 Radcliffe Fellowship at Harvard. Laymon is at work on the books, Good God, and City Summer, Country Summer, and a number of other film and television projects. He is the founder of \u201cThe Catherine Coleman Literary Arts and Justice Initiative,\u201d a program based out of the Margaret Walker Center at Jackson State University, aimed at aiding young people in Jackson get more comfortable reading, writing, revising, and sharing on their own terms and in their communities. Kiese Laymon was awarded a MacArthur Fellowship in 2022.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-119\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/catherinecoleman\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Kiese_Laymon_Book_Covers.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"950\" height=\"458\" \/><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-personal-contact-info\">\n\t\t\t\t\t   \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"awsm-member-info-101-208\"  class=\"awsm-grid-expander style-1\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-detailed-info\" id=\"awsm-grid-content-208\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-details\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-personal-details\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-content-scrollbar\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span><\/span><h2>Danielle Littlefield<\/h2><p>Danielle L. Littlefield is an Afro-Mississippi writer, editor, and professor. Her work centers the intellectual and domestic lives of Black women in a modern, urban South and documents Black vernacular and oral history from the Mississippi Delta. A two-time Callaloo Fellow, Littlefield co-curated the Afrofuturist virtual exhibition <em>Curating the End of the World: Red Spring<\/em>, the third installment of the series by Black Speculative Arts Movement (BSAM) hosted by Bill T. Jones\u2019 New York Live Arts and Google Cultural Institute. Her work appears in <em>New Voices<\/em>, Obsidian Heirloom: <em>Preserving HBCU Futures 47.2<\/em>, <em>Trouble the Waters: Tales from the Deep Blue<\/em>, and <em>Illmatic Consequences: The Clapback to Opponents of Critical Race Theory<\/em>. Currently, she serves as Assistant Professor of Creative Writing at Jackson State University and as a Fiction &amp; Hybrid Genre Editor at <em>Obsidian: Literature &amp; Arts in the African Diaspora<\/em>.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-personal-contact-info\">\n\t\t\t\t\t   \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"awsm-member-info-101-105\"  class=\"awsm-grid-expander style-1\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-detailed-info\" id=\"awsm-grid-content-105\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-details\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-personal-details\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-content-scrollbar\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span><\/span><h2>Charlie Braxton<\/h2><p>Charlie Braxton is also\u00a0the author of three volumes of verse,\u00a0<strong><u>Ascension from the Ashes<em>\u00a0<\/em><\/u>(Blackwood<\/strong><em><u>\u00a0<\/u><\/em><strong>Press 1991),\u00a0<u>Cinder\u2019s Rekindled<em>\u00a0<\/em><\/u>(Jawara Press 2013<\/strong>)<em><u>\u00a0<\/u><\/em>and\u00a0<strong><u>Embers Among the<\/u><\/strong><em><u>\u00a0<\/u><\/em><strong><u>Ashes: Poems in a Haiku Manner<em>\u00a0<\/em><\/u><\/strong><u>(Jawara 2018)<\/u>. His poetry has been published in various anthologies including,\u00a0<strong>Trouble the Water<\/strong>\u00a0edited by Jerry Ward,\u00a0<strong>In the Tradition<\/strong>\u00a0Edited by Ras Baraka and Kevin Powell,\u00a0<strong>Step Into a World<\/strong>\u00a0edited by Kevin Powell,\u00a0<strong>Roll Call<\/strong>\u00a0edited by Tony Medina,\u00a0<strong>Soulfires<\/strong>\u00a0edited by Rohan Preston and Daniel Widerman,\u00a0<strong>Fertile Ground<\/strong>\u00a0edited by Kysha N. Brown and Kalamu ya Salaam, and\u00a0<strong>Bum Rush the Page:<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>The<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>Def Jam Poetry<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>Anthology<\/strong>\u00a0edited by Tony Medina and Louis Reyes.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, his poems have appeared in numerous literary publications such as\u00a0<strong><em>African American Review, Cutbanks, Drumvoices Review, Black Magnolias, The Minnesota Review, The San Fernando Poetry Journal, The Black Nation, Massiffe, Candle, Transnational Literary Magazine, Eyeball, Sepia Poetry Review, Specter Magazine\u00a0<\/em>and\u00a0<em>The San Fernando Poetry Journal.\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-personal-contact-info\">\n\t\t\t\t\t   \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"awsm-member-info-101-109\"  class=\"awsm-grid-expander style-1\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-detailed-info\" id=\"awsm-grid-content-109\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-details\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-personal-details\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-content-scrollbar\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span><\/span><h2>Maximus Wright<\/h2><p>Maximus Wright is a proud Yazoo City, Mississippi native and father of four, Jaime, Jeremiah, Zacharius, and Jordan. He is a 1997 graduate of Tougaloo College, where he majored in Philosophy and Religion with an emphasis in English. Maximus has been mentored and trained by \u201cMamie Brown&#8217;s Baby Boy\u201d, Les Brown, as a motivational speaker and has traveled the country speaking and conducting seminars. In 2013, Maximus founded Maximus Wright Productions, a company focused on developing and producing Mississippi talent.<\/p>\n<p>Maximus has quickly risen from writing and producing music and, sketch comedy routines, to writing books and directing movies. Maximus has written three books: Soul Damage (2017), My Name is Lola (2017), and Prophet (2019) and has two films to his credit: My Name is Lola (2017) and Soul Damage (2018). He is currently working on his latest film, Existentialism. In 2020, he founded the Jackson Film Festival through his non-profit, Soarpreneur. Soarpreneur has produced 15 first-time authors and screenwriters, has given approximately 300 filmmakers a platform to showcase their projects and in 2021 produced a 15-year-old&#8217;s first short-film. Maximus Wright is dedicated to telling the stories that need to be told and creating a platform for the next generation of Mississippi talent.<\/p>\n<p>Honors and Awards:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>2016- Young, Gifted, and Empowered Award recipient<\/li>\n<li>2017- Beacon of Hope Honoree 2018- Black Men Rock Award recipient<\/li>\n<li>2021- Kappa Alpha Psi Distinguished Citizen\u2019s Award<\/li>\n<li>2021- Jackson Film Festival Visionary\u2019s Award<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-personal-contact-info\">\n\t\t\t\t\t   \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"awsm-member-info-101-113\"  class=\"awsm-grid-expander style-1\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-detailed-info\" id=\"awsm-grid-content-113\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-details\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-personal-details\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-content-scrollbar\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span><\/span><h2>Shanna L Smith<\/h2><p><strong>Shanna L. Smith<\/strong> is Interim Assistant Chair and Assistant Professor in the Department of English, Modern Foreign Languages, and Speech Communication at Jackson State University. She also serves as University Supervisor for English Education majors. Smith specializes in African American Literature and Culture, and Oral History with research interests in African American women\u2019s literature, social justice in young adult fiction, and oral history. She is a member of the Affrilachian Poets. Her most recent publications are found in <em>Obsidian<\/em>, <em>The Researcher<\/em>, <em>POMPA<\/em>, <em>Black Bone: Twenty-Five years of the Affrilachian Poets<\/em> and <em>Black Lives Still Matter<\/em>.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-personal-contact-info\">\n\t\t\t\t\t   \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"awsm-member-info-101-231\"  class=\"awsm-grid-expander style-1\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-detailed-info\" id=\"awsm-grid-content-231\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-details\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-personal-details\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-content-scrollbar\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span><\/span><h2>Kelly Norman Ellis<\/h2><p>Kelly Norman Ellis is the author of\u00a0<em>Tougaloo Blues<\/em>\u00a0(2003) and\u00a0<em>Offerings of Desire\u00a0<\/em>(2012) and co-editor of <em>Spaces Between Us: Poetry, Prose, and Art on HIV\/AIDS.<\/em>\u00a0Her poetry has appeared in\u00a0<em>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,\u00a0Cornbread Nation<\/em>, <em>Appalachian Reckoning, <\/em>and most recently <em>Teaching Black: The Craft of Teaching on Black Life and Literature, Wherever I\u2019m At: An Anthology of Chicago Poetry,<\/em> and What<em> Things Cost: An Anthology for the People. <\/em>\u00a0\u00a0She is a recipient of a Kentucky Foundation for Women Writer\u2019s grant and is a Cave Canem Fellow and founding member of the Affrilachian Poets. Ellis\u00a0is an associate professor of English and creative writing at Chicago State University. 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