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Zetta Elliott’s poetry has been published in the Cave Canem anthology, The Ringing Ear: Black Poets Lean South, Check the Rhyme: an Anthology of Female Poets and Emcees, and Coloring Book: an Eclectic Anthology of Fiction and Poetry by Multicultural Writers. Her novella, Plastique, was excerpted in T Dot Griots: an Anthology of Toronto’s Black Storytellers, and her essays have appeared in The Black Arts Quarterly, thirdspace, WarpLand and Rain and Thunder. She won the 2005 Honor Award in Lee & Low Books’ New Voices Contest, and her picture book, BIRD, was published in October 2008. Her first play, Nothing but a Woman, was a finalist in the Chicago Dramatists’ Many Voices Project (2006). Her fourth full-length play, Connor’s Boy, was sta...more


afterearthOn Friday I learned that the editor who agreed to acquire The Deep has since left the imprint. Another editor is willing to take a look at the manuscript, but the acquisitions boardhas decided to pass on my book. On Saturday I went to see After Earth (spoilers ahead); the reviews haven’t been good, but I’ve been wanting to see this film ever since the previews started last year.I’m not a huge f...

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Published on June 16, 2013 06:23
Average rating: 3.82 · 488 ratings · 164 reviews · 14 distinct works · Similar authors
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4.15 of 5 stars 4.15 avg rating — 170 ratings — published 2008
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3.6 of 5 stars 3.60 avg rating — 161 ratings — published 2009 — 5 editions
Ship of Souls
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Stranger in the Family
4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2008 — 2 editions
Ten-Minute Plays
4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2009
One Eye Open
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3.85 of 5 stars 3.85 avg rating — 59 ratings — published 2012
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4.29 of 5 stars 4.29 avg rating — 24 ratings — published 2007 — 2 editions
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