Elaina Ellis

Elaina Ellis

Elaina Ellis is the author of Write about an Empty Birdcage (Write Bloody Publishing) and the recipient of fellowships from Lambda Literary, Tent, Vermont Studio Center, Mineral School, and Jack Straw, as well as an Artist Trust GAP Award. She is at work on a second collection, I’m Only Praying to Believe What’s True, which responds to the text and impulses of the biblical Book of Ezekiel. She earned her MFA at Antioch University Los Angeles, and works as an editor at Copper Canyon Press.

2020 Writers Program

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2020 Jack Straw Writers x Bushwick Book Club

September 14, 2020

We’re delighted to announce a new, online version of our ongoing collaboration with our friends at The Bushwick Book Club Seattle! Throughout the year, a Jack Straw writer will be paired with a Bushwick musician (many of whom are also Jack Straw artists), who will write an original song inspired by the written work. Pairings […]

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The 2020 Jack Straw Reading Series – live from our homes in June!

May 12, 2020

The 24th annual Jack Straw Reading Series is adapting for our times, with a series of live-streamed events featuring new poetry, prose, fiction, and creative nonfiction from the 2020 Jack Straw Writers. Multi-genre writer and program curator Anastacia-Renee will host three readings with the writers from their homes, streamed live via Jack Straw’s Facebook page. […]

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2020 Jack Straw Reading Series

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Announcing the 2020 Jack Straw Writers

January 10, 2020

Curator Anastacia-Renée has selected the 2020 Jack Straw Writers! Our fellows this year are Rob Arnold, Ebo Barton, Jeffrey Cheatham II, Ching-In Chen, Elaina Ellis, Michelle Goodman, Maisha Manson, Wryly McCutchen, Troy Osaki, Helen Thomas, Jose Trejo-Maya, and Arianne True. These writers will be hard at work for the next few months writing and training […]

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