Ellen Hinseys new collection <strong>Update on the Descent</strong> is a powerful meditationon violence war and human division drawing on personal and familyexp... » 

Ellen Hinseys new collection Update on the Descent is a powerful meditationon violence war and human division drawing on personal and familyexperiencesincluding the murder of her grandmotheras well as research at theInternational Criminal Tribunal in The Hague. Dynamically and innovativelywritten in lyrical and antilyrical forms including prose and aphorism. Updateon the Descent is a masterwork an exploration of the extremes of the humancondition tackling issues of civil strife and tyranny reconciliation and therenewal of the spirit. «