Author

Ellen Ann Fentress

Writer

Ellen Ann Fentress is a writer, filmmaker and teacher in Jackson, Mississippi. Her essays have been published in The Atlantic, The New York Times, The Washington Post, Oxford American and Bitter Southerner. She heads The Academy Stories online project and produced the documentary film “Eyes on Mississippi” about iconic civil rights journalist Bill Minor. She teaches in the Mississippi University for Women creative writing MFA program. Follow her @ea_fentress 

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