Ellery Akers’ new book, A Door into the Wild: Poetry and Art, won the 2024 Blue Light Award and is forthcoming in September. Gary Young has called it a” sublime conjunction of word and image….an extraordinary conversation between dazzling drawings and subtle, heart-rending poems. This book is a gift.” Akers’ previous collection, Swerve: Environmentalism, Feminism, and Resistance, won BookAuthority’s Award for Best Environmentalism Books of All Time. More info here.
