Ellen Hagan is a writer, performer, and educator. Her poetry collections include: Hemisphere, published by Northwestern University Press in 2015, Crowned, published by Sawyer House Press in 2010. Ellen’s poems and essays can be found on ESPNW, in the pages of Creative Nonfiction, Underwired Magazine, She Walks in Beauty, and Southern Sin. Ellen’s performance work has been showcased at The New York International Fringe and Los Angeles Women’s Theater Festival. She is the recipient of the 2013 NoMAA Creative Arts Grant and received grants from the Kentucky Foundation for Women and the Kentucky Governor’s School for the Arts. National arts residencies include The Hopscotch House and Louisiana Arts Works. She is the Director of Poetry and Theatre Programs at the DreamYard Project.Visit her online at www.ellenhagan.com or on Twitter @ellenhagan