Description: In this collection of personal lyrical poems, master poet Chris Ellery draws upon ancient Celtic mythology about the elder tree for many of his metaphors.
Brief description: Chris Ellery is the author of 'All This Light We Live In' and 'The Big Mosque of Mercy.' He has received the X.J. Kennedy Award for Creative Nonfiction, the Dora and Alexander Raynes Prize for Poetry, and the Betsy Colquitt Award. Ellery is a member of the Fulbright Association and Texas Institute of Letters. He and his wife, the Rev. Celia Ellery, live in San Angelo, Texas, where he teaches at Angelo State University.