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Carmen Renee Gillespie (born June 17, 1965)is a scholar, editor, professor, and poet. Her two reference works include A Critical Companion to Toni Morrison and A Critical Companion to Alice Walker. Her volumes of poetry include Lining the Rails and Jonestown: a Vexation. She is also editor of The Clearing: Forty Years with Toni Morrison, 1970-2010. Author as well of numerous academic articles, Gillespie's focus is in American, African-American, and African-diaspora literature. Her awards include the Ohio Arts Council Individual Artist Excellence in Poetry Grant 2005 and the Naomi Long Madgett Poetry Prize, Spring 2010. She was also named one of Essence magazine’s 40 Favorite Poets,Spring 2010.