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Tougaloo Blues Paperback – June 1, 2003

4.8 4.8 out of 5 stars 6 ratings

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This collection of poems explores the author's southern roots through a blues/narrative voice and revisits her Mississippi youth, while revealing the contemporary voice of a Black woman searching for place and community outside of her southern past.
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Kelly Norman Ellis is an assistant professor of English at Chicago State University.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Third World Press; First Edition (June 1, 2003)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 69 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0883782464
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0883782460
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 4.5 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.66 x 0.26 x 8.42 inches
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  • Reviewed in the United States on April 12, 2004
    Kelly Norman Ellis paints vivid, never leave you once you read them, down home Southern-salty-haunting word portraits in Tougaloo Blues. I was struck by the detailed clarity of her images. Her poetry is chiseled delicately with sophistication, and laid out from cover to cover beautifully in this book.
    She writes, "I was raised by Chitterling eating/Vegetarian cooking/Cornbread so good you want to lay down and die baking/Kind of women." We as readers are all the better for it. This work is to sink teeth into for those who have a taste for profundity in word economy. Each poem is a snap shot of Black Southern culture - Black Southern belle 21st century life view. There is subtlety and elegance in Tougaloo Blues that is distinctive. It is a poetic journey with a queen.
  • Reviewed in the United States on November 30, 2003
    I was always intimidated and shut out of understanding verse. I heard Dr. Kelly Norman Ellis read on the documentary about Affrilachian poets and wanted to explode wildly in applause in front of the TV in my one bedroom apartment. Her poetry is pervious and spreads out like a delicious feast! You must read through this book out loud and feel the ways the words feel inside your mouth because it's delightful. I am going to use some of her poems with my second-language students because the sounds beautifully transcend the language.
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  • Reviewed in the United States on April 19, 2004
    Tougaloo Blues by Kelly Norman Ellis paints a razor sharp, vivid picture of Black Southern life. Reading her words made me feel like I was sitting in the Kitchen with all the women in her family soaking up good Southern sents and ancient wisdom. This book is one of the best books of poetry about southern life that I have read so far. Buy it, travel with her...you won't regret it.
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  • Reviewed in the United States on April 19, 2004
    This warm aray of poetry will keep your mouth watering for more like a steamy plate of food. Ellis is able to share her experience of growing up and living about in the deep parts of Missippi. "He Touches" is a great poem for the soul. She exlpores a blues tradition throught her book that is couple with the experience of a Black female growing up in the South.