On Writing


“Don’t tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass.”

-Anton Chekok

Ellen’s good news from Madville Publishing about Incidental Pollen, her first full-length collection: https://madvillepublishing.com/2023-arthur-smith-poetry-prize-winners/?mc_cid=dadc7998f3&mc_eid=ad69ac65d4

(Preliminary book cover)

Poetry Night at Sitwell’s:

*** Ellen curates a monthly poetry series, Poetry Night at Sitwell’s. Go to the Events page for information on this series, which meets the 1st Tues. of every month.***

Visit the FB page for monthly feature info & the Zoom registration link (IF the event goes hybrid): https://www.facebook.com/poetryatsitwells ***

Open Mic every month!
The readings start at 7 PM! Feature(s) begin @ 7:30 PM ET.

May 7th, 2024: Join us in person for ALL OPEN MIC to celebrate poems written during NaPoMo (or any time–that’s just an excuse!) at Sitwell’s Coffee House, 324 Ludlow Ave. 45220, in Cincinnati.

REGISTRATION (link changes monthly IF the event is hybrid)! We’ve been in-person ONLY since January 2023!



Listen to Ellen Austin-Li’s interview about her poetry collection, “Firefly,” on Cincinnati’s NPR station, WVXU, here: https://www.wvxu.org/post/national-poetry-month-meet-local-poet-ellen-austin-li#stream/0


Publications:

ORDER Lockdown: Scenes from Early in the Pandemic, Finishing Line Press August 6th, 2021:


ORDER Firefly:

Order Firefly from the publisher below. You can also click on the book image to take you directly to Finishing Line Press.

Header photo courtesy of Jolly Li