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Derrick Harriell

  • Professor, English

Education

  • PhD. University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (2012)
  • MFA. Chicago State University (2006)
  • BA. University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (2003)

Teaching Interests

Poetry, Blues poetry and Blues literature, African American Literature

Biographical Sketch

Derrick Harriell is from Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He's the former Ottilie Schillig Associate Professor of English and African American Studies at the University of Mississippi.

Selected Publications

Come Kingdom (LSU Press, 2022)
Stripper in Wonderland (LSU Press, 2017)
Ropes (Willow Books, 2013)
Cotton (Willow Books, 2010)

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