I’d rather be pushed down to the bottom
than to be that kind of man.
Elijah Burrell
Eli Burrell was raised in Missouri and has stayed there most of his life. His first book of poems, The Skin of The River, and his second, Troubler, were published by Aldrich Press in 2014 and 2018. His writing has appeared in AGNI, North American Review, Southwest Review, The Rumpus, Sugar House Review, and Measure. In 2012 he joined the faculty of Lincoln University in Jefferson City, Missouri.