Elijah Burrell

"Burrell gives us the grit and spark, the immediacy, the beating heart of a place and its people, with all their magic, guts, grimness, and gusto." —Amy Gerstler

LINCOLN UNIVERSITY

Mr. Elijah Burrell

Professor of English, Creative Writing

Department of Humanities and Communications

Martin Luther King Hall
812 E. Dunklin Street
Jefferson City, Missouri 65101
573-681-5280

burrelle@lincolnu.edu

elijah burrell at

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Thanks to Sadie Shorr-Parks for taking the time to discuss #SkiesofBlur and asking some very interesting questions about the book. Great thanks also to @southwest_review for providing the space for the piece! Find the interview by following the link

I’m so grateful to @pennyscientist for her generous and thoughtful piece on #SKIESOFBLUR over at @northamericanreview. Link in bio! “…so it is with the speakers throughout Skies of Blur, who come apart throughout these poems, split

Happy birthday to @thehopkinsreview! Thank you to their wonderful editorial team—especially the singular @doramalech—for their good support of my work over the years. Happy to have been part of their initial run of open-access web featur

❤️ This is just the best! ❤️

Thank you to the indomitable @edistospirit and the good folks at @freestatereview for featuring an unusual poem from the new book and for always treating me like an old friend.

The compulsory #awp24 haul!

🔥TODAY (Sat 2/10) 🔥

#AWP friends! I’ll be signing copies of #SkiesofBlur at the @eastoverpress booth (1508) from 11 AM to 12 PM today. Be sure to stop by to say hello, grab a copy of the book, or have it personalized if you’ve already

#awp24 friends! I’ll be signing copies of #SkiesofBlur at the @newterritorymag table (646) from 10 AM to 12 PM today. Be sure to stop by to say hello, grab a copy of the book, or have it personalized if you’ve already purchased it!

Tonight’s #SkiesofBlur Launch Event/Reading at @skylarkbookshop in Columbia, Missouri, could not have gone better. Thank you so much to all the folks who came out to support the book and visit with me. You really overwhelmed me with your genero

I grew up reading the @columbiadailytribune as my personal, local newspaper of record. I want to thank their arts and culture editor, @aarikdanielsen, for dedicating his most precious commodities—time, consideration, and care—to reading S

It was so fun yesterday to see the cover art for SKIES OF BLUR matched with this powerful photo of @taylorswift at her piano. All the thanks in the world to the great @taylorswift_as_books for putting this out into the world and making us say, &ldquo

It's here! Release day for SKIES OF BLUR! Let's celebrate! Links to purchase in my bio!

I’m positively ecstatic about the @pauletteguerinbane review of SKIES OF BLUR in @tupelo_quarterly. The link to the full review is in my bio!

Come on out for the Feb 6th Reading and SKIES OF BLUR book launch at Skylark Bookshop in Columbia, MO. Starts @ 6:30pm!

Friends, if you’re going to be at AWP next month—or you happen to live in the Kansas City area—here’s a photo of my schedule with dates and times that you can save to your calendar. I’d love to see you, and your support

Kirkus Reviews has posted their verdict: “GET IT.” Follow the link to this new review, where they describe the book as “A stirring and distinctively intimate compilation of poems,” in my bio!

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