Colleen McElroy Reads From 'Blood Memory'Colleen McElroy Reads From 'Blood Memory'

Through the rhythms and musicality of McElroy's voice, "Blood Memory" portrays an extended family, a complex culture spanning several decades, multiple victories and failures. This is consummate storytelling and unforgettable poetry capturing a place and time gone forever. -- "She is still the master storyteller to the 60 million of the Passage. When I didn't know how to be a poet, I first read Colleen McElroy to slowly walk the path to how."-Nikky Finney -- "A testimonial to family that startles us with its beauty. And blood."-Sonia Sanchez. -- Colleen J. McElroy is professor emeritus of English and creative writing at the University of Washington. She served as editor-in-chief of the Seattle Review from 1995 to 2006. McElroy has published numerous poetry collections, most recently 'Here I Throw Down My Heart.' Her creative nonfiction includes 'A Long Way from St. Louie' (travel memoirs), and 'Over the Lip of the World: Among the Storytellers of Madagascar.'.