Ellen June Wright consulted on guides for three PBS poetry series. Her work was selected as The Missouri Review's Poem of the Week in June 2021. She is a Cave Canem and Hurston/Wright alumna and received Pushcart Prize nominations in 2021 and 2022.

Other poems on the web by Ellen June Wright:
"Dear Auden,"
Four poems
Two poems
Two poems
Two poems
"In Praise of Those Winter Sundays"
"Judith Beheading Holofernes"
"Note to Self"
"What They Carried With Them"
"I Remember Good Days"
"Translator's Note"
"After Years"
"Mother Poem #9"
Three poems
"Am I Black When I'm Alone?"
"From Under the Dryer, I Watch the Beautician"
"While It Is Still Dark"

Ellen June Wright on Twitter.

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January 27, 2022:   "farewell, orpheus (later!)" by Emily Murman
January 26, 2022:   "Sign/Language" by Brian Lutz

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