**Gretel Ehrlich *is a poet and writer whose work includes This Cold Heaven *; The Solace of Open Spaces; Islands, the Universe; the novel, Heart Mountain; and the memoir A Match to the Heart. She is the recipient of the Whiting Writers' Award and the Henry David Thoreau Prize.

**Gretel Ehrlich *is a poet and writer whose work includes This Cold Heaven *; The Solace of Open Spaces; Islands, the Universe; the novel, Heart Mountain; and the memoir A Match to the Heart. She is the recipient of the Whiting Writers' Award and the Henry David Thoreau Prize.