Harvey Ellis is the author of Sleep not Sleep from Wolf Ridge Press and a double book under the title The Color of Desire published by Petaluma River Press. His poems have appeared in over 30 literary magazines. The poem, ”ancestors,” was read by Garrison albuterol inhaler side effects pregnancy Keillor on his program, The Writer’s Almanac, broadcast on NPR, and was later featured in a poetry-art collaboration with the quilt artist Do Palama. His poetry was featured in the Jazz-Poetry CD, Free Radicals, released in 2011.