In Footsteps on the Ceiling, Baila Ellenbogen explores the overlapping planes of existence her experience and intellectual curiosity have led her to inhabit, reliving childhood memories while questions of faith and domestic responsibilities collide. With a combination of personal, lyrical, and mystical images, the poet examines our ability to love and be loved, our longing to be heard, and the integrity of one voice rising among the many. Baila Ellenbogen holds a Master's Degree in Child and School Clinical Psychology from the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education. Footsteps on the Ceiling is her first book. {Guernica Editions}

Baila Ellenbogen is a poet and psychoeducational consultant who resides in Vaughan with her family. She has just completed her Master’s Degree in Child and School Clinical Psychology at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, where her research focused on poetry composition, and investigating the cognitive and creative processes that underlie the way experienced poets write. Currently she works at the Toronto District School Board conducting assessments with children. Footsteps on The Ceiling is Baila Ellenbogen’s first book of poems.

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