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Electric Poetry
Host Kelsey May welcomes diverse poets from across west Michigan and beyond into the WYCE studio to showcase their work and discuss writing, the creative process, and poetry as lived experience.
School For Mothers Podcast
Elana shares on the experience of supporting her mother’s depression and how that helped their relationship and seeing the individuality of her mother and herself.
Articles & Reviews
A Poet’s Insight to the Stark Contrast of What We Expect vs. What We Experience Postpartum
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Jessica Gigot reviews Elana Bell’s Mother Country
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A Space of Sanctuary: Mother Country by Elana Bell
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Honoring the Mother-Artist
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Living on That Land: A Conversation with Elana Bell part of our Emerging Poets Interview Series.
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Renowned poet Fanny Howe discusses Elana's book, Eyes, Stones.
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Elana Bell on the Whitman Award.
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PBS: Poem from Eyes, Stones featured on the PBS newshour.
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Poets In Unexpected Places featured in the New York Times.
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