About Ellen Girardeau Kempler

Ellen Girardeau Kempler's first poetry chapbook, "Thirty Views of a Changing World" (forthcoming from Finishing Line Press) is based on "Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji,"  a series of woodblock prints by the 18th-century Japanese artist Hokusai. Her award-winning poems and travel articles have been published in numerous small presses, newspapers and magazines. She posts a haiku and accompanying photo daily as @placepoet on Instagram, tweets as @goodnewsmuse, writes a bimonthly newsletter, Wanderer's Weekly at Tiny Letter and pilots Gold Boat Journeys, a website for writers and other creative travelers.