"Giggling Goddess of Word"
"Love child of Jack Kerouac and Gracie Allen"
"Heiress apparent to Diane Di Prima and the late Allen Ginsberg"
Ellyn's Signature Work
"The Cowardice of Amnesia" is a sparkling debut from a poet who's already proven herself on the spoken word circuit. She dazzles her readers with streams of un/sub/consciousness, drowns them in murky-beautiful word rivers, yells "catch!" as she throws out the darts of her sub/urban imaginings and lovingly lunges at all manner of hypocrisy and cant.
Published by Henry Rollins
Edited by Exene Cervenka
Cover by Viggo Mortensen
"The Cowardice of Amnesia" is available at Amazon.com (look under "New") or right here. See more of Ellyn's work.
A Sip From Ellyn's Stream of Consciousness
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Do you fear me cause I wear a purple friendship bracelet? Do you fear having me as a friend? Are you afraid to introduce me to your grandparents? The only perfect thing about me is my perfect lack of confidence does that freak you out? I'm fat. How does that sit with you? I wear political pins does that bother you? I'm a bookworm. Does that depress you? Are you terrified cause i've been bas mitzvahed Are you scared cause i think spiders are sacred? I'm left handed, ooooooooooooo No comment. Do you worry about me cause i'm a virgin? Cause i'm loud and sometimes embarrassing are you wary of spending time with me? I know where the feminist bookstores are in a whole bunch of states Does that make you tremble? People think i'm younger and older than i am Does that reflect badly on you somehow? I don't always comb my hair can you hear it coming? Is it my ugliness or beauty that frightens you the most? Are you afraid of me cause i'm human?