Ellen Birkett Morris

Ellen Birkett Morris

Ellen Birkett Morris is the author of Beware the Tall Grass, winner of the Donald L. Jordan Award for Literary Excellence, judged by Lan Samantha Chang, published by CSU Press. She is also the author of Lost Girls: Short Stories, winner of the Pencraft Award and finalist for the Clara Johnson, IAN and Best Book awards. Her fiction has appeared in Shenandoah, Antioch Review, Notre Dame Review, and South Carolina Review, among other journals. She is a winner of the Bevel Summers Prize for short fiction. Morris is a recipient of an Al Smith Fellowship for her fiction from the Kentucky Arts Council. Morris is also the author of Abide and Surrender, poetry chapbooks. Her poetry has appeared in The Clackamas Literary Review, Juked, Gastronomica, and Inscape, among other journals, and in eight anthologies. Morris won top prize in the 2008 Binnacle Ultra-Short Edition and was a finalist for the 2019 and 2020 Rita Dove Poetry Prize. Her poem “Abide” was featured on NPR’s A Way with Words. Her essays have appeared in Newsweek, AARP’s The Ethel, Oh Reader magazine, and on National Public Radio. Morris holds an MFA in creative writing from Queens University-Charlotte. https://www.ellenbirkettmorris.com/
Closed Doors Explores Tough Subject Gracefully – 2014

Closed Doors Explores Tough Subject Gracefully – 2014

Dec 1, 2014 |

  Closed Doors Explores Tough Subject Gracefully An exclusive Authorlink interview with Lisa O'Donnell By Ellen Birkett Morris Closed Doors by Lisa O'Donnell Buy this Book at Amazon.com December 2014   "It’s incredible to me even now how the story revealed itself...

McKinlay Uses Letters to Build Story — 2014

McKinlay Uses Letters to Build Story — 2014

Jul 31, 2014 | ,

  McKinlay Uses Letters to Build Story An exclusive Authorlink interview with Deborah McKinlay By Ellen Birkett Morris That Part Was True by Deborah McKinlay Buy this Book at Amazon.com August, 2014 In her novel That Part Was True, Deborah McKinlay uses an old form to...

Waldman’s Intricate Novel Shines – 2014

Waldman’s Intricate Novel Shines – 2014

Jun 30, 2014 | ,

  An exclusive Authorlink interview with Ayelet Waldman By Ellen Birkett Morris Love & Treasure by Ayelet Waldman Buy this Book at Amazon.com July, 2014 Ayelet Waldman, author of the recently-released Love & Treasure, stood up at her 1993 wedding to writer...

Hadley Captures a Life in Clever Girl – 2014

Hadley Captures a Life in Clever Girl – 2014

May 30, 2014 | ,

  Hadley Captures a Life in Clever Girl An exclusive Authorlink interview with Tessa Hadley By Ellen Birkett Morris Clever Girl by Tessa Hadley Buy this Book at Amazon.com June, 2014 In her novel Clever Girl, Tessa Hadley covers fifty years in the life of Stella, who...

Offill’s Finely Wrought Novel Satisfies – 2014

Offill’s Finely Wrought Novel Satisfies – 2014

Mar 31, 2014 | ,

Dept. of Speculation by Jenny Offill Buy this Book at Amazon.com Offill’s Finely Wrought Novel Satisfies By Ellen Birkett Morris April, 2014 Jenny Offill’s latest novel, Dept. of Speculation, is a study of life as a mother, writer and wife in the modern age. Like much...

Dee Embraces Writing as Discovery — 2014

Dee Embraces Writing as Discovery — 2014

Feb 28, 2014 | ,

A Thousand Pardons by Jonathan Dee Buy this Book at Amazon.com Dee Embraces Writing as Discovery An exclusive Authorlink interview with Jonathan Dee   By Ellen Birkett Morris March, 2014 Like most of us, writer Jonathan Dee is captivated by the ritual public...