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To see a sampling of Ellen’s work, hover over Showcase in the menu bar to navigate to Poetry, Essays, and Books.
Listen to Ellen read from Lockdown: Scenes from Early in the Pandemic:
Listen to Ellen Austin-Li’s NPR interview about Firefly here: https://www.wvxu.org/post/national-poetry-month-meet-local-poet-ellen-austin-li#stream/0
Go to the Books area for information on how to order Lockdown: Scenes from Early in the Pandemic or Firefly.
The Dream Keeper
Bring me all of your dreams,
You dreamers,
Bring me all of your melodies
That I may wrap them
In a blue cloud-cloth
Away from the too-rough fingers
Of the world.
-Langston Hughes