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

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We (me + @polly_liz_ + @lilymadelyn_) had a wonderful weekend in Salina, KS, at the #TheGameCamera preview showing and after-party at @salinaartcenter. It was fantastic to meet the folks from @ruralwomenfilms, director @emilyjrailsback, co-writer and

I’m so happy that a poem from my manuscript-in-progress found a good home in the latest issue of @craborchardreview—one of my favorite journals in the world. This poem is for Etheridge Knight (and it’s after him, too). A huge thank

Had a lovely night at Café Berlin in Columbia, Missouri. I read for old friends, a few colleagues, and both current and former students. It was wonderful to make new friends at the event, too, and it’s always nice to be close to home wit

I’m excited to read for The Columbia Writers Guild at @cafeberlincomo! Come out to hear me read, and support local writers and businesses!

Congratulations to all the winners and finalists of the 2024 National Poetry Series Competition, but ESPECIALLY to my former student and LU alum Kieron Walquist for being selected! I’m so proud of him! Incredible accomplishment—I’m

I had a beautiful and productive time at the #tablerockwritersworkshop last week, where my publisher, @eastoverpress, sent me for a writing residency. This valuable time allowed me to continue working on my next book and provided the opportunity to d

Thank you to Maryfrances Wagner and the wonderful @writersplacekc in Kansas City, MO, for their hospitality. A big thank you as well to all the good folks who came out to listen to the four of us read our work in celebration of @blacklawrencepress&rs

So, so great to be asked to teach some of Missouri’s brightest students today at the 40th @missourischolarsacademy on the University of Missouri campus. This particular group was called “Lightning Bugs, or Lightning?” and the three-

Some of you have asked if I’m selling personalized copies of #SkiesofBlur. I do have copies I can sign and ship! Message me on any platform, and I can get them headed toward your mailbox ASAP!

What a lovely, abbreviated getaway to Bentonville, Arkansas, with my oldest daughter, Grace—set to head off to college in a couple of months. It meant the world to me to get this sacred time with her now, at this age, before the moment passes b

It was so great to read last night with @bigbabymarg at @prbrewing (for @dragonflybooks + @oneotavalleyliteraryfoundation)! If you’re in the #decorahiowa area, stop by Dragonfly to grab Skies of Blur and Green for Luck (signed copies available

Ready to get back to Decorah, IA! If you’re in the area, come out and see my press mate @bigbabymarg and me read some poems from our new books! Huge thank you to @dragonflybooks for hosting us!

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

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