Eli Hastings

Eli Hastings lives in Seattle where he works with Pongo Teen Writing, leading projects in juvie in therapeutic poetry. He has been published and anthologized widely in literary magazines, nominated for Pushcarts and won a couple contests. Through both his books, Falling Room and Clearly Now, the Rain: A Memoir of Love & Other Trips, you’ll see how mental disorder and addiction have affected his life. Because of this, Hastings is currently in the midst of a clinical internship counseling youth.