Elephants by Nicelle Davis and Cheryl Gross

Release Date August: 26
Limited numbered (of 80) copies. (temporarily out of stock)

While attempting to quantify empathy and love, scientists have found that footage of elephant rescues are most likely to inspire such emotions in humans; it seems ironic then that elephants are on the endangered animal list, with a projected extinction date of 2020.The illustrated poetry chapbook “Elephants” by Nicelle Davis and Cheryl Gross makes the leap that killing elephants marks the death of humanity. While people may exist without elephants, something of empathy and love dies with these sentinel beings.

 

Here is a great review in Whale Road Review