Colleen J. McElroy (1935–2023)
Author of Over the Lip of the World: Among the Storytellers of Madagascar
About the Author
Colleen J. McElroy is professor emeritus of English and creative writing at the University of Washington. She is the former editor in chief of the literary magazine Seattle Review and has published numerous poetry collections, most recently Here I Throw Down My Heart. Her latest collections of show more creative nonfiction include A Long Way from St. Louie and Over the Lip of the World: Among the Storytellers of Madagascar. She has received a PEN/Oakland National Literary Award, the Before Columbus American Book Award, two Fulbright Research Fellowships, two NEA Fellowships (in both fiction and poetry), a DuPont Visiting Scholar Fellowship, and a Rockefeller Fellowship. show less
Works by Colleen J. McElroy
What Madness Brought Me Here: New and Selected Poems, 1968-1988 (Wesleyan Poetry Series) (1990) 11 copies
the Seattle Review 2 copies
Associated Works
Breaking Ice: An Anthology of Contemporary African-American Fiction (1990) — Contributor — 306 copies, 1 review
African American Poetry: 250 Years of Struggle and Song (2020) — Contributor — 235 copies, 4 reviews
No More Masks: An Anthology of Twentieth-Century American Women Poets (1993) — Contributor, some editions — 226 copies, 3 reviews
From Totems to Hip-Hop: A Multicultural Anthology of Poetry Across the Americas 1900-2002 (2002) — Contributor — 182 copies
Children of the Night: The Best Short Stories by Black Writers, 1967 to the Present (1995) — Contributor — 127 copies
Calling the Wind: Twentieth Century African-American Short Stories (1992) — Contributor — 116 copies
In Search of Color Everywhere: A Collection of African-American Poetry (1994) — Contributor — 107 copies
Revolutionary Tales: African American Women's Short Stories, from the First Story to the Present (1995) — Contributor — 54 copies
Angles of Ascent: A Norton Anthology of Contemporary African American Poetry (2013) — Contributor — 49 copies
When Race Becomes Real: Black and White Writers Confront Their Personal Histories (2002) — Contributor — 49 copies
Face to Face: Women Writers on Faith, Mysticism, and Awakening (2004) — Contributor — 39 copies, 1 review
Centers of the Self: Stories by Black American Women, from the Nineteenth Century to the Present (1994) — Contributor — 31 copies
Editor's Choice II: Fiction, Poetry & Art from the U.S. Small Press, 1978 to 1983 (Contemporary Anthology Series) (1987) — Contributor — 6 copies
THE SEATTLE REVIEW Vol. XIX No. 2 — Editor — 1 copy
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- Canonical name
- McElroy, Colleen J.
- Birthdate
- 1935-10-31
- Date of death
- 2023-12-12
- Gender
- female
- Education
- University of Washington (PhD|ethnolinguistic patterns of dialect difference and oral traditions)
- Occupations
- professor (English|University of Washington)
- Organizations
- University of Washington
- Nationality
- USA
- Places of residence
- Seattle, Washington, USA
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Book Description: University Of Washington Press : Country = USA, 2001. Paperback. BRAND NEW PAPERBACK. NEW ED. Height= 8.03, Width = 5.98 inches. ( 250 Pages)
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- Works
- 19
- Also by
- 23
- Members
- 98
- Popularity
- #193,037
- Rating
- 4.0
- Reviews
- 1
- ISBNs
- 26