Jjjjjerome Ellis

Dec 22, 2023 | poetryfoundation.org | Jjjjjerome Ellis |Amanda Gorman |Christian Robinson |Mary Ruefle

In keeping with our annual tradition, Poetry Foundation staff share a book (or two) that brought them joy or comfort or pleasure this year. *** Holly Amos, Associate Editor American Inmate by Justin Rovillos Monson Recently, I got to read an advance copy of Justin Rovillos Monson’s American Inmate (forthcoming early in 2024 from Haymarket Books).

Oct 25, 2023 | bombmagazine.org | Maya Jackson |Jjjjjerome Ellis |Muriel Leung |Giancarlo Montes Santangelo

Excavating public and private photographicarchives from Argentina and Puerto Rico,Giancarlo Montes Santangelo creates images that unravel the relationship betweenphotographs produced during the twentiethcentury, the subjects of those images, and theenduring effects of this capture. With these archival images, MontesSantangelo makes collages, prints them large,and stages himself and others within thecollages.

Sep 1, 2023 | bombmagazine.org | Maya Jackson |Jjjjjerome Ellis |Muriel Leung |David Everitt Howe

Translated by Sarah Booker(Coffee House, 2023)The internet never forgets. Lurkingbeneath that popular saying is a sharedanxiety about the murky corners andless-than-savory contents of the onlinerealm and what our digital activitiesmight reveal about our offline selves. Disclosures we make on the internetfunction as a kind of collective id forhumanity, so what do they say aboutus? For the Ecuadorean writer MónicaOjeda, nothing good.

Jun 6, 2023 | poets.org | Jjjjjerome Ellis

My beast made of gold is my vocation; it walks with meand makes a peaceable sound. It has no wings and it has no clay. I never touch it, if I can help it—though sometimes, knockedroughly, I brush it by accident. That is when the pain comesand the great poems cover their famished faces. Which is the trueprison: the church, the garden, the body, or the mind?

Feb 13, 2023 | thecreativeindependent.com | Jjjjjerome Ellis

Artist, musician, author, and improvisational performer JJJJJerome Ellis discusses the importance of patience, learning to leg go, and fighting against instant culture. Highlights on What decisions led you to walking the creative path you’re on today?