Truly a remarkable and mesmerizing hour with Michael and his ability to verbally paint a story.
Michael Ellis was first acknowledged as a poet when he was 17.He was published twice before he reached 19. He was immediately compared to Harlem Renaissance poet, Langston Hughes, a measure he neither embraced or denied. Stil his ability to write in Southern dialect at a young age quickly garnered attention from the University of Puget Sound where he pursued English and Journalism.