C Liegh McInnis

C. Liegh McInnis is a poet, short story writer, Prince scholar, retired instructor of
English at Jackson State University, the former publisher and editor of Black Magnolias
Literary Journal, and the author of eight books, including four collections of poetry, one
collection of short fiction (Scripts: Sketches and Tales of Urban Mississippi), one work
of literary criticism (The Lyrics of Prince: A Literary Look at a Creative, Musical Poet,
Philosopher, and Storyteller), and one co-authored work, Brother Hollis: The Sankofa of
a Movement Man, which discusses the life of a legendary Mississippi Civil Rights icon.
He is also a former First Runner-Up of the Amiri Baraka/Sonia Sanchez Poetry Award
sponsored by North Carolina State A&T and edited the Black Magnolias Special Prince
Issue. He has presented papers at national conferences, such as College Language
Association, the National Council of Black Studies, the Neo-Griot Conference, and the
Black Arts Movement Festival, and his work has appeared in numerous journals and
anthologies, including Obsidian, Tribes, The Southern Quarterly, Konch Magazine, Bum
Rush the Page: A Def Poetry Jam, Journal of Popular Music and Society, Down to the
Dark River: An Anthology of Poems on the Mississippi River, Black Hollywood
Unchained: Essays about Hollywood’s Portrayal of African Americans, Black Panther:
Paradigm Shift or Not? A Collection of Reviews and Essays on the Blockbuster Film,
Asymptote, The Pierian, Black Gold: An Anthology of Black Poetry, Sable, New Delta
Review, The Black World Today, In Motion Magazine, MultiCultural Review, A Deeper
Shade, New Laurel Review, ChickenBones, Oxford American, Journal of Ethnic
American Literature, B. K. Nation, Red Ochre Lit, and Brick Street Press Anthology. In
January of 2009, C. Liegh, along with eight other poets, was invited by the NAACP to
read poetry in Washington, DC, for their Inaugural Poetry Reading celebrating the
election of President Barack Obama. He has also been invited by colleges and libraries
all over the country to read his poetry and fiction and to lecture on various topics, such as
creative writing and various aspects of African American literature, music, and history.

McInnis can be contacted through:
Psychedelic Literature
203 Lynn Lane
Clinton, MS 39056
601 383 0024
psychedeliclit@bellsouth.net