The Pronoun-Vowel Reparation Song
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Thomas Sayers Ellis teaches African-American literature and creative writing at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio. He received the MFA in creative writing at Brown University. He is the author of the chapbook The Genuine Negro Hero, a co-editor of On the Verge: Emerging Poets and Artists, and one of the three poets collected in Take Three.
