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Encyclopedia entry: Southerland, Ellease
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Southerland, Ellease
(b. 1943), poet, essayist, short story writer, and novelist. Ellease Southerland's works draw mainly from the folk tradition. Frank and deeply personal, she writes about childhood remembrances, the joys of family togetherness, and the sorrows of separation. Folklore, biblical tradition, Egyptology, African history, and lore combine to inform her creative voice.
Southerland was born in Brooklyn, New York, to Ellease Dozier, a housewife, and Monroe Penrose Southerland, lay preacher, both migrants from the South. The third of fifteen children, Southerland received her BA from Queens College (1965) the same year her mother died from cancer. To help support twelve younger ...
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