Ellie Black

Ellie Black is a visiting assistant professor in English–creative writing at Hendrix College. She received both a PhD in creative writing (emphasis in memoir/autotheory) and an MFA in poetry from the University of Mississippi. A 2026 Gregory Djanikian Scholar and a finalist for the 2025 DISQUIET Prize in Poetry, she has had work published in Bennington Review, The Adroit Journal, The Common, Washington Square Review, The Drift, and elsewhere.