Ellen Birkett Morris

Ellen Birkett Morris

Ellen Birkett Morris is an award-winning, multi-genre writer based in Louisville, Kentucky. Morris is the author of LOST GIRLS, a short story collection, which Kirkus Reviews called "A varied set of tales from a skilled practitioner of the short form." Her fiction has appeared in Shenandoah, Antioch Review, Notre Dame Review, South Carolina Review, Fiction Southeast, Santa Fe Literary Review, and Upstreet, among other journals. https://ellenbirkettmorris.ink/index.html
Dukess Interview: Writing is an Act of Discovery

Dukess Interview: Writing is an Act of Discovery

The Last Book Party, Karen Dukess, Henry Holt – In The Last Book Party, Karen Dukess takes us to the summer of 1987 as 25-year-old Eve, an assistant at a publishing house, attends a party at the Cape Cod home of literary luminaries New Yorker writer Henry Grey and his poet wife, Tillie.

Patchett Weaves Story of Family Loyalty and Legacy

Patchett Weaves Story of Family Loyalty and Legacy

The Dutch House, Ann Patchett, Deckle House – Ann Patchett’s latest novel The Dutch House reads like a modern fairy tale with a house that seems enchanted or damned, depending on which character’s perspective you are grounded in, an evil stepmother, and two siblings,

Olive, Again by Elizabeth Strout

Olive, Again by Elizabeth Strout

Olive, Again, Elizabeth Strout, – I remember the moment I fell in love with Olive Kitteridge. It was near the end of the book and Olive was lying down looking out a window.

Building a Short Story Collection with Patience and Persistence

Building a Short Story Collection with Patience and Persistence

We Love Anderson Cooper, R. L. Maizes, Macmillian – In her debut short story collection, We Love Anderson Cooper, R.L. Maizes takes readers into some intriguing scenarios: a young man who decides to come out during his bar mitzvah, a disfigured tattoo artist who discovers healing powers, a therapist, whose new couch has the power to take away sadness, a woman haunted by the spirit of her dead dogs.

The Editor Explores Mother/Son Relationships  

The Editor Explores Mother/Son Relationships  

The Editor, Steven Rowley, Peguin Random House – The Editor Explores Mother/Son Relationships  – I can’t lie. I was drawn to Steven Rowley’s novel THE EDITOR for the chance to spend time, even fictionally, with Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis.