Ellen Greene Stewart - ELEPHANTS - Up Close and Personal

Planet Poet-Words in Space  – NEW PODCAST!  LISTEN to my podcast featuring author Ellen Greene Stewart, who will read from and discuss her latest non-fiction book, ELEPHANTS – Up Close and Personal, a truly entertaining and affecting exploration of the author’s experiences as a volunteer in South Africa’s Knysna Elephant Park.  (Also a poem by Dan Chiasson!) Ellen’s poignant portraits of individual elephants combined with her comprehensive and deeply considered compilation of often surprising scientific research on elephant physiology, psychology and the importance of elephants to humanity, emphasize the looming tragedy of their possible extinction. In addition to ELEPHANTS – Up Close and Personal, published by Toplight – an imprint of McFarland & Co., Ellen is the author of Kaleidoscope (about the intersection of art therapy and dementia), Magnolia Street Publishing; Superheroes Unmasked (an emotional literacy curriculum for grade school children), Youthlight Publishing; and Mental Health in Rural America, Routledge Publishing, as well as numerous articles in peer-reviewed journals.  Ellen has volunteered at Knysna Elephant Park several times.  She lives and works as an art therapist in rural upstate New York.