Author Description

Featuring poetry awarded by the Academy of American Poets, <i>Desert Elegy</i> is an emotionally-driven chapbook containing poems that tell stories, both minor and catastrophic, to encompass the many experiences of life we often overlook. Rhodes, a professional journalist, author, and graduate of the Carver Center literary arts program, seeks to tell unexpected stories from underrepresented perspectives. Exploring journeys of grief, recovery, relationships, and more, <i>Desert Elegy's</i> 22 poems anthologize life's experiences in a chapbook containing both published works and striking new content.