Originally from Chicago, I live in Scotland and am a writer. I write fiction, lyrical essays/poems/crossover pieces, do some travel writing and writing for radio, and I teach on the Creative Writing Programme at University of Glasgow. I’ve taught creative writing in a wide variety of places and communities, and have a long standing connection with University of Strathclyde’s Centre for Lifelong Learning.
The process we as writers and makers go through is continually fascinating to me. I’m a firm believer in muscular, crafted writing that is still clear and simply complex in a way that invites the reader in. Recently I’ve been exploring crisis, landscapes, cartographies, families, and memory and while part of my writing will stay focused here, I’m turning my attentions to other places as well (to fire, for instance). I value quiet and fierce work.
you can contact ekr by leaving a message here on the site or by emailing: elizabeth.reeder@glasgow.ac.uk
Dear Elizabeth – your biog is really inspiring. Really beautiful to read.
Love
Roanne