Instructor of English
Email: clieghmcinnis@bellsouth.net
Phone: 601.979.1335
Office Location: Dollye M.E, Robinson Liberal Arts Building, 4th floor, Office #418
DEGREES: B.A. Jackson State University, English Literature, 1992
M.A. Jackson State University, English Literature, 1994
18 hours toward a Ph.D. in Creative Writing, University of Southern Mississippi
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Creative Writing, Literary Theory, African-American Literature, Lyrics as Literature
COURSES TAUGHT: Composition Literature, World Literature, Literary Criticism,
Literature of Science, Professional Writing, Black Writers in America
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS: Phi Kappa Phi National Honor Society
Sigma Tau Delta National English Honor Society
RECENT PUBLICATIONS AND/OR CREATIVE WORKS: (Last 5 Years)
Publications
“Woe Unto You Judeasippi.” Black Lives Have Always Mattered: An Anthology of Essays, Poetry, and Stories. Abiodun Oyewole, ed. 2Leaf Press, 2017.
“Jackson State Literary Scholars Shine in New Book: Report on Panel Discussion for Meeting Points in Black/Africana Women’s Literature.” Jackson Advocate. Vol. 79, No. 31. May 4 – 10, 2017.
“RIP Officer Allen ‘Junior’ Harper.” Jackson Free Press. April 18, 2017. http://www.jacksonfreepress.com/news/2017/apr/18/officer-allen-junior-harper/.
“The Trump Election: When Black and White Bleed Red. Part I.” Project on the History of Black Writing. November 16, 2016. http://projecthbw.blogspot.com/ 2016/11/the-trump-election-when-black-and-white.html.
“Review of Kalamu ya Salaam’s The Magic of Juju: Appreciation of the Black Arts Movement.” Konch Magazine. November 15, 2016.
“We Be Purple Hippies: A Poem 4 His Royal Badness” and “Black In…” Delaware Poetry Review. Winter 2016.
Brother Hollis: The Sankofa of a Movement Man. (with Hollis Watkins). Sankofa Southern Publishing, (August 1) 2016.
“For Chocolate Babies with Glass Hearts” and “Salvation.” China Grove. Volume 4. July 2016.
“The Greatest of All Time.” Jackson Free Press. 14.40 (June 8 – 14, 2016): 12.
“R.I.P. to the Greatest of All Time.” B. K. Nation.org. June 4, 2016. http://bknation.org/2016/06/r-p-greatest-time/.
“An Excerpt from ‘Prince as a Post-Civil Rights Archetype.’” Asymptote Journal. April 27, 2016. http://www.asymptotejournal.com/blog/2016/ 04/27/an-excerpt-from-prince-as-the-post-civil-rights-archetype/.
“What Makes Me Sad: Brief Comments on Prince.” Konch Magazine. April 23, 2016. http://ishmaelreedpub.com/What-Makes-Me-Sad-Brief-Comments-on-Prince.
“His Royal Badness: An Essay” and “We Be Purple Hippies: A Poem.” B. K. Nation.org. April 23, 2016. http://bknation.org/2016/04/his-royal-badness/.
“COMBDA Engages in Effective Kingdom Building through Continues Education.” The Christian Education Informer: A Journal of Christian Education. 68.2 (Winter 2016): 50-52.
“Prince Gives Best Performance of His Life.” B. K. Nation.org. January 26, 2016. http://bknation.org/2016/01/prince-gives-best-performance-of-his-life/.
“Water Walkers.” Down to the Dark River. Eds. Philip C. Kolin and Jack Bedell. Hammond: Louisiana Literature Press, 2015.
“A Review of Nothing but Love in God’s Waters: Volume 1: Black Sacred Music from the Civil War to the Civil Rights Movement.” Southern Quarterly 52.2 (Winter 2015).
“Black In…” Black Gold: An Anthology. Ed. Ja A. Jahannes. Savannah: Turner Mayfield Publishing, 2014.
“A Review of Prince’s Art Official Age and Plectrum Electrum: When Is Change Visionary, and When Is Change Selling-Out?” B. K. Nation.org. October 3, 2014. http://bknation.org/2014/10/review-princes-art-official-age-plectrum-electrum-change-visionary-change-selling/.
“On Ferguson to a former Student.” B. K. Nation.org. August 20, 2014. http://bknation.org/2014/08/ferguson-former-student/.
“James Brown #GetOnUp: There’s more to Being Brown and Black than Meets the Eye.” B. K. Nation.org. August 3, 2014. http://bknation.org/2014/08/james-brown-getonup-theres-brown-black-meets-eye/.
“RIP Tony Gwynn.” B. K. Nation.org. June 17, 2014. http://bknation.org/2014/06/rip-tonygwynn/.
“Maya Angelou: The Community Poet”. B. K. Nation.org. May 29, 2014. http://bknation.org/2014/05/mayaangelou-communitys-poet/.
“For Shining the Truth” and “Being a Spirit (for Amiri Baraka).” The Pierian. 2014 issue. Published by Department of English, Modern Languages, and Mass Communication, Albany State University.
“Interview with C. Liegh McInnis by Dr. Reginald Martin’s ENG 7/8335-01: African American Literature, 1989 – Present Class. University of Memphis.”. Caribbean Vistas. 1.2. (February 4, 2014). http://caribbeanvistas.wordpress.com/other-diasporic-voices/other-diasporic-voices-c-liegh-mcinnis-and-reginald-martin/.
Edited and published the winter issue of Black Magnolias Literary Journal (7.4: January 15, 2014), which includes essays, poetry, and fiction from international, national, and local scholars and artists, including JSU professors.
“Remembering Why Amiri Baraka Is Important.” Jackson Advocate. 76.15. (January 16-22, 2014): 8A-9A.
“After King: A Poem.” Jackson Advocate. 76.15. (January 16-22, 2014): 11A.
Edited and published the fall issue of Black Magnolias Literary Journal (7.3: October 15, 2013), which includes essays, poetry, and fiction from international, national, and local scholars and artists, including JSU professors.
“A Response to Mark Anthony Neal’s ‘Black Schools Kill Smart Niggers?’: Reconciling the Romance for Black Institutions in the Post-Soul Era.” Accepted/Forthcoming in Journal of Black Studies. Accepted on August 23, 2013.
Edited and published the summer issue of Black Magnolias Literary Journal (7.2: July 15, 2013), which includes essays, poetry, and fiction from international, national, and local scholars and artists, including JSU professors.
Edited and published the spring issue of Black Magnolias Literary Journal (7.1: April 15, 2013), which includes essays, poetry, and fiction from international, national, and local scholars and artists, including JSU professors.
“Before the Fall.” Mississippi Aesthetic. 1.1 (2013).
“Mississippi Courage: A Lighthouse to the World (For Medgar, Fannie Lou, and Annie Devine”. Deep South Magazine. 1.1 (2013).
“Django Unchained: Don’t Miss What’s Truly Important because of the Smoke and Mirrors.” Black Agenda Report.com. January 15, 2013. http://www.black agendareport.com /content/django-unchained-don%E2%80%99t-miss-what%E2%80%99s-truly-important-because-smoke-and-mirrors.
“Witches, Women, and Black Folks: What Happens When Society Does not Realize the Innate Socio-Political Nature of Art?” In Motion Magazine.com. October 20, 2012. http://inmotionmagazine.com/ac12/ cliegh_witches.html.
“For Charles Tisdale: Poem.” Jackson Advocate. (Seventy-Five Year Anniversary Issue) 75.1. (October 18-24, 2012): 2A.
Edited and published the fall issue of Black Magnolias Literary Journal (6.3: October 15, 2012), which includes essays, poetry, and fiction from international, national, and local scholars and artists, including JSU professors.
“Literary Photographer: A Snapshot of Natasha Trethewey.” Jackson Free Press. 11.2 (September 19-25, 2012): 35.
“Who or What Does the Help Help?” quoted in Ishmael Reed’s Going too Far: Essays about America’s Nervous Breakdown. Montreal: Baraka Books, (September 1) 2012.
“Serena Williams’ Controversial Victory Jig: Funny or Foul?” Jackson Advocate. 74.43. (August 9-15, 2012): 4A.
