"...the force from somewhere which commands you to write in the first place gives you no other choice. You take up the pen when you are told, and write what is commanded. There is no agony like bearing an untold story inside you."
Zora Neale Hurston



About Me

M. Shelly Conner, Ph.D is the Founder and Executive Director of Quare Square Collective, Inc., a nonprofit collective for Midwest queer artists of color. Shelly’s creative work has been published and/or produced by Second City Chicago, The Black Ensemble Theater, and Skin to Skin to Magazine. She has been featured in the Chicago Sun-Times, prideindex.com, and NPR-affiliate Vocalo Radio. Shelly is currently exploring publishing options for her novel everyman. Find out more on her website mshellyconner.com.