McElroy, Colleen J.

COLLEEN J. MCELROY holds a B.S. from Kansas State University (1958) and a Ph.D. from the University of Washington (1973) in cultural linguistics and language art. She has followed a passion for language through careers as a speech therapist, poet and short story writer, and professor of creative writing, third world and women's literature. "Madness," says McElroy, "is a kind of liquid state that can disappoint, terrify, and delight." What Madness Brought Me Here is McElroy's third book with Wesleyan. The first, Queen of the Ebony Isles (1984) earned her a Before Columbus Association's America