Marilyn NelsonMarilyn Nelson, a three-time finalist for the National Book Award, is one of America's most celebrated poets. She is the author or translator of more than twenty critically acclaimed books for adults and children. She has served as a Chancellor of th Academy of American Poets, as Poet-In-Residence of the Cathedral of St. John the Divine, and as Poet Laureate of Connecticut. Father Jacques de Foïard-Brown of Mauritius leads retreats and conferences in France and elsewhere. He is an ordained priest and a teacher of Christian meditation in Mauritius. He has lived in a hermitage for over twenty years, while serving the communities that surround it. Read More Read Less