Lit Friday: Jerome Ellis

Lit Fridays is a literary-focused, virtual salon presented by the August Wilson African American Cultural Center, featuring conversations and guest performances on the last Friday* of each month at 6:00p EST via Facebook Live and Zoom Webinar. All conversations are moderated by AWAACC Literary Curator, Jessica Lanay.

JJJJJerome Ellis is a disabled artist and a person who stutters. Through music, text, performance, and video he researches relationships among Blackness, disabled speech, divinity, nature, sound, and time. He lives in Tidewater, Virginia with his wife, ecologist-poet Luísa Black Ellis. They love walking in the woods, reading, and drinking tea together.

Instagram handle: @jjjjjeromeellis