Colleen J. McElroy

Colleen J. McElroy (born 1935 St. Louis, Missouri) is an African-American poet, short story writer, editor, memoirist.

Life
McElroy graduated from Kansas State University (1958) and from the University of Washington with a Ph.D. (1973). She is a Professor Emeritus at the University of Washington. She lives in Seattle, Washington.

Recognition

 * 1985 American Book Award
 * two Fulbright Creative Writing Fellowship, which took her to Yugoslavia in 1988.
 * two National Endowment for the Arts Fellowships
 * DuPont Fellowship
 * Rockefeller Fellowship.

Memoirs

 * (travel memoirs)
 * (field notes and translations of Malagasy poems and stories).

Anthologized

 * Best American Poetry 2001 (edited by Robert Hass and David Lehman). New York: Scribner, 2001. ISBN 978-0-7432-0384-5 | editors= }}