My memoir Seven Springs (Shanti Arts) is scheduled for release in the Spring of 2021. Stay posted by subscribing to my blog or following me on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter or LinkedIn!
My memoir Seven Springs (Shanti Arts) is scheduled for release in the Spring of 2021. Stay posted by subscribing to my blog or following me on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter or LinkedIn!
“Tandem Thoughts” is one of 25 essays anthologized in Chicago Storytellers: From Stage to Page (Chicago Story Press).
Thread is an independent online literary publication that I founded and edit featuring personal essays that explore the human experience.
Stitch is Thread’s literary cousin that features a collection of personal essays of 100 words or less.
Fresh Meat
November 10, 2019
This Much is True
April 9, 2019
Homewood Stories
December 18, 2018
You’re Being Ridiculous
March 6, 2018
Do Not Submit
December 2017, August 2018
Is This a Thing?
December 14, 2015, December 12, 2016
Story Club North
August 6, 2015
Stories from the House of Truth
June 18, 2015
Essay Fiesta
January 18, 2014
Story Sessions
July 26, 2013, October 18, 2015, October 7, 2018
All essays below were broadcast on WBEZ/Chicago Public Radio
“As a reviewer of books for the Chicago Tribune, and a longtime writer myself, I know powerful writing when I see it and feel it, and Ellen’s writing holds the power to open hearts and minds, and leave us all with deeper understandings of ourselves and our place in this world.”
— Barbara Mahany, author of three books