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Colleen McElroy

Professor Emerita
Colleen McElroy

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Fields of Interest

Novel/Prose Fiction Poetry and Poetics Women Writers

Biography

Activities and Interests

Collen McElroy is a gifted writer, producing beautiful pieces of both poetry and prose. Her work includes exciting travels, in which she brings the cultures she visits to life with her vivid stories.

Research

Selected Research

  • Blood Memory.  University of Pittsburgh Press, 2016.
  • Here I Throw Down My Heart. University of Pittsburgh Press. 2012
  • Colleen McElroy. Over the Lip of the World: Among the Storytellers of Madagascar. (memoirs and translations). University of Washington Press. 1999.
  • Colleen McElroy. Traveling Music. (poems). Story Line Press. 1998.
  • Colleen McElroy. A Long Way From St. Louie. (memoirs). Coffee House Press. 1997.

Related News

Related News

  • Remembering Professor Emeritus Colleen J. McElroy (January 2, 2024)
  • Professor Emeritus Colleen McElroy Honored Through Room Dedication (May 10, 2022)
  • Faculty Emeriti Luncheon (November 19, 2016)
  • Faculty Notes (December 13, 2013)
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