Ellen Louise Ray

Social Worker. Writer. Sing-along initiator.

[Ellen Louise Ray @EllenLRay]

TFW a colleague tells you to stop agonizing and just put grades on essays and you realize that you give so much feedback because you actually love doing it. #guessimintherightfield #teachingwriting #feedbackislove #proudofmystudentwriters

[The RS 500 is over @TheRS500]

"Before he left that night, he taught me to play the chords: A, D, E, and C. My fingertips ached, red and raw, and I was in bliss. I fell asleep with his old guitar next to me, both of us squeezed into my twin-sized bed."

@EllenLRay on CSNY's Deja Vu https://t.co/7AaEkH7mAB

[Flock @flockliterature]

Warm up for MIGRATION with this sneak listen to @rebsee’s "A Creature of Speed and Air.” #fridayreads #litfict https://t.co/JSI4BjS9su

[Flock @flockliterature]

Peak into our Migration issue early with today's audio feature, Ann Tashi Slater’s knock-out essay: https://t.co/ZXbhwpBB0s #teasertuesday

[Ellen Louise Ray @EllenLRay]

We must fight against Islamophobia in the U.S.--in terms of the travel ban and in our daily actions & interactions.
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[Ellen Louise Ray @EllenLRay]

Join the fight for racial justice! Excited to share my new Actions post up at @ScoundrelTime. https://t.co/Og1X6JkOXx

[Ellen Louise Ray @EllenLRay]

Speak out for our planet and for our country's healthcare. https://t.co/Ufv93MVBtz @ScoundrelTime

[Ellen Louise Ray @EllenLRay]

"I know, I know. I'm artistic and I sometimes hold two views at once." -#GracePaley "A Woman, Young and Old." #amreading

[Ellen Louise Ray @EllenLRay]

Got a story that humanizes, that shouts back, that provides a light in the darkness? Submit to @ScoundrelTime! https://t.co/mUv6oHLEme

[Ellen Louise Ray @EllenLRay]

"She knows how people always plan / To live their lives, and never do." -#MaryOliver, "A Letter from Home" #amreading

[Ellen Louise Ray @EllenLRay]

The immensely talented writer, Elise Burke, needs our help. Please consider donating/sharing with your followers. <3 https://t.co/BfdtgHM0D0

[Ellen Louise Ray @EllenLRay]

"Before, I'd feared surrender would sand me down to nothing. Now I've started believing it can bloom me more solidly into myself." -#Lit

[Ellen Louise Ray @EllenLRay]

"I am upright all of a sudden, inside a self I find quasi-acceptable..." -@marykarrlit #Lit

[Ellen Louise Ray @EllenLRay]

"There's an energy that threads through us that deserves your reverence. It's not all serial killers and Hitlers." -@marykarrlit #Lit

[Ellen Louise Ray @EllenLRay]

"...rivers ran in our heads, the tides were in our blood." -#AmitavGhosh, #TheHungryTide #amreading

[Ellen Louise Ray @EllenLRay]

"Let's see if I can write about something other than my heart." -#GaryShteyngart, #SuperSadTrueLoveStory #amreading

[Ellen Louise Ray @EllenLRay]

"There are other words and other worlds, dear Mother. You have taught me that." -#RuthOzeki, #ATalefortheTimeBeing

[Ellen Louise Ray @EllenLRay]

"An unfinished book, left unattended, turns feral..." -#RuthOzeki #ATalefortheTimeBeing

[Ellen Louise Ray @EllenLRay]

"...like I told you, together we're making magic, at least for the time being." -#RuthOzeki #ATalefortheTimeBeing #amreading

[Ellen Louise Ray @EllenLRay]

"Except for a lucky few, everyone is from someplace, but that someplace, it turns out, is gone." -Chang-Rae Lee, #OnSuchAFullSea