Ellena Savage

Ellena Savage is an Australian lyric essayist. She is the author of the chapbook Yellow City (The Atlas Review, 2019) and the essay collection Blueberries (forthcoming from Text Publishing and Scribe UK). Her work has been published widely in literary journals including The Paris Review Daily, Literary Hub, and The Lifted Brow, which she is a former editor of.

The Swimming Pool: Fascist Blue Rectangle or Immersive Democratic Space?

Ellena Savage on the Complicated Past, Present, and Future of Pools

June 12, 2019 By Ellena Savage

From Hemingway to Kathy Acker: Making Art from the Outside

Ellena Savage on the Struggle to Write and Make a Living at the Same Time

December 5, 2016 By Ellena Savage

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