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“Show the Clothes” written & read by Ellen Morris Prewitt

Written by Ellen Morris Prewitt on October 3, 2013. Posted in General. 2 Comments on “Show the Clothes” written & read by Ellen Morris Prewitt

“Show the Clothes” To contribute to WKNO 91.1, NPR for the Mid-South, please follow the link here or visit wknofm.org. Or donate to your own regional NPR affiliate for its free public radio act of kindness. Listen to the story here:

A Winner!

Written by Ellen Morris Prewitt on October 2, 2013. Posted in General. No Comments on A Winner!

“I thought your story The Gift of the Elephant was glorious!! Good job! Haven’t had time to listen to all of them yet, but so far this is my fave.” Emma Connolly, writer, activist, friend

The Gift of the Elephant

Written by Ellen Morris Prewitt on September 28, 2013. Posted in General. No Comments on The Gift of the Elephant

No white folks in this story. That fact just occurred to me, so I re-read the manuscript to make sure. Nope. None. The story received a Pushcart nomination from the literary journal in which it first appeared. I’m white. Who knows what color the editor of the journal was who nominated the story. Two of my stories have received Pushcart...

The Endearing Parts

Written by Ellen Morris Prewitt on September 28, 2013. Posted in General. No Comments on The Endearing Parts

I hate to admit failure. So what I do is re-define reality. No, I didn’t fail to place as highly in the contest as I’d hoped. What I did was to learn a major truth about my revision process. I am trying to shift my novel-writing from voice-driven, told story to scene-based, plotted story. I say “shift” but it’s more...

“Gift of the Elephant” written & read by Ellen Morris Prewitt

Written by Ellen Morris Prewitt on September 26, 2013. Posted in General. No Comments on “Gift of the Elephant” written & read by Ellen Morris Prewitt

“Gift of the Elephant” First appeared in print in Eureka Literary Magazine. The story received a Pushcart Nomination, Best of the Small Presses. To contribute to Caritas Village, a charity devoted to creatively joining together people from many diverse backgrounds, please follow the link here or visit caritasvillage.org Listen to the story here:...

The Pairing

Written by Ellen Morris Prewitt on September 25, 2013. Posted in General. 3 Comments on The Pairing

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Pause and Acknowledge

Written by Ellen Morris Prewitt on September 24, 2013. Posted in General. No Comments on Pause and Acknowledge

“Oh, this will be fun,” I thought. That’s the way it always starts: “You know what would be fun?” In December of last year, I had my first tutorial with Preston about podcasting. Since then I’ve recorded the stories; he engineered them. I selected a photo; he created a logo. I set up this blog; he taught me how...

re-posting:

Written by Ellen Morris Prewitt on September 22, 2013. Posted in General. No Comments on re-posting:

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A Dying Man Walks into a Bar . . .

Written by Ellen Morris Prewitt on September 22, 2013. Posted in General. 9 Comments on A Dying Man Walks into a Bar . . .

When I look back on my daddy’s passing from this earth, I see the deeply funny moments – like when my sister suggested we offer Daddy the comfort of his beloved Episcopal liturgy. It was a brilliant idea: we would recite the words he’d heard every Sunday of his life since approximately 1971. How soothing to hear the well-known phrases,...

The Cha-Cha: 1 step back for 2 steps forward

Written by Ellen Morris Prewitt on September 19, 2013. Posted in General. No Comments on The Cha-Cha: 1 step back for 2 steps forward

We are in a re-beginning. The roll-out of stories, interrupted by my daddy’s death and the grief that followed, is re-starting. To get back in the groove, we’re re-turning to the last aired story, “A Trip to the Lawyer.” It’s one of the shortest, 8 or so minutes. That’s a good thing when you’re re-warming...