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Name:    McElroy, Colleen
Born/Started:    1935
Description:    Colleen McElroy is a poet and short story writer who was born in St. Louis and lived here until the age of eight. Her works include "The Mules Done Long Gone," "Winters Without Snow," "Queen of the Ebony Isles," and "What Madness Brought Me Here: Collected Poems, 1968-1988. She wrote of her childhood in St. Louis in a work titled, "A Long Way from St. Louie: Travel Memoirs."



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