"Her poems are masterful and develop daring wisdom...." - Anita K. Boyle, Judge "From the land of small towns, undertakers, 'burnt-out stars' and 'chrome-dented light,' Elbe makes a generous poetry that is both elegy and ode to the treasured and forgotten." - Dorianne Laux "To read Elbe’s poems is to discover not only what it means to be in love, but what it means to be alive." - Jesse Lee Kercheval