ByEllen Birkett Morris

Ellen Birkett Morris’ essays have appeared in The Writing Group Book, The Girls' Book of Love, The Girls' Book of Friendship and South Loop Review. Her fiction and poetry have appeared in journals including The Antioch Review, South Carolina Review, Notre Dame Review, Juked, Inscape, and wigleaf. She is the author of Surrender (Finishing Line Press), a poetry chapbook.

  1. Beginnings: I was born on a Tuesday. On the same day that the first of two cyclones in less than a month killed 35,000 in India. On the same day as the birth of Salvador Dali, whose twisted, surreal visions unsettle me. First Memory: I watch as my sister and friend run down a hill, laughing, tumbling like kittens, while my feet were held solidly to the ground by metal braces. Irony: The old rhyme…

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