We saw this week’s guest in early fall at Carmichael’s Bookstore when she read aloud from her latest book, Don’t Call Me a Hurricane. Ellen Hagan has roots in Kentucky and is part of Spalding University’s low residency MFA faculty but lives and works in New York City. She is a poet, fiction writer, performer, and teacher for several programs including the The DreamYard Project and the International Poetry Exchange Program, programs geared towards young people. She is also the author of many books for teens, including Watch Us Rise, a book she wrote in collaboration with Renee Watson.

Don’t Call Me a Hurricane is a YA novel written in verse that addresses climate change, romantic, family, and friend relationships, as well as the tension between tourism and ecology.

You can find more information about Ellen Hagan on social media @ellenhagan or her website www.ellenhagan.com.

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Books Mentioned In This Episode:

2- Watch Us Rise by Renee Watson and Ellen Hagan

3- The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo

4- Out of the Dust by Karen Hesse

5- Rivers of London/Midnight Riot by Ben Aaronovitch, narrated by Kobna Holdbrook-Smith

6- Naruda on the Park by Cleyvis Natera

7- Vinyl Moon by Mahogany L. Browne

8- I Came All This Way to Meet You by Jami Attenberg

9- Mary Jane by Jessica Anya Blau; audiobook narrated by Cailtin Kinnunen

10- Reckless, Glorious, Girl by Ellen Hagan