This collection of poems explores the author's southern roots through a blues/narrative voice and revisits her Mississippi youth, while revealing the contemporary voice of a Black woman searching for place and community outside of her southern past.
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Kelly Norman Ellis is an assistant professor of English at Chicago State University.
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In the kitchen,
By julia beckford (Inglewood, Ca United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Tougaloo Blues (English and English Edition) (Paperback)
Tougaloo Blues by Kelly Norman Ellis paints a razor sharp, vivid picture of Black Southern life. Reading her words made me feel like I was sitting in the Kitchen with all the women in her family soaking up good Southern sents and ancient wisdom. This book is one of the best books of poetry about southern life that I have read so far. Buy it, travel with her...you won't regret it.
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from didn't-know-I-was-a-poetry fan,
By Emily Rigdon (Kentucky) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Tougaloo Blues (English and English Edition) (Paperback)
I was always intimidated and shut out of understanding verse. I heard Dr. Kelly Norman Ellis read on the documentary about Affrilachian poets and wanted to explode wildly in applause in front of the TV in my one bedroom apartment. Her poetry is pervious and spreads out like a delicious feast! You must read through this book out loud and feel the ways the words feel inside your mouth because it's delightful. I am going to use some of her poems with my second-language students because the sounds beautifully transcend the language.
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Give it A Try,
By ZK (DC) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Tougaloo Blues (English and English Edition) (Paperback)
This warm aray of poetry will keep your mouth watering for more like a steamy plate of food. Ellis is able to share her experience of growing up and living about in the deep parts of Missippi. "He Touches" is a great poem for the soul. She exlpores a blues tradition throught her book that is couple with the experience of a Black female growing up in the South.
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