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Ellen Foos

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in Rochester, New York, The United States

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http://www.raggedsky.com/

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Poetry, Classics, Fiction

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Ellen Foos is the founder and publisher of Ragged Sky Press and was the recipient of fellowships to MacDowell and the Vermont Studio Center. She has two poetry collections, The Remaining Ingredients and Little Knitted Sister. She retired as production editor from Princeton University Press after 25 years.

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	Eating Her Wedding Dress: A Collection of Clothing Poems by Vasiliki Katsarou (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Ruth O'Toole (Editor), Ellen Foos (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 4.54 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 2009	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Little Knitted Sister 4.86 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2006	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dark as a Hazel Eye: Coffee & Chocolate Poems by Ellen Foos (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Vasiliki Katsarou (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Lynne Shapiro (Goodreads Author) (Editor) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2016	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Remaining Ingredients it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	This Broken Shore 2021 by Daniel Weeks, Linda Johnston Muhlhausen, Ellen Foos (Goodreads Author) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	This Broken Shore 2022 by Coleridge Institute Press, Gregg G. Brown, Linda Johnston Muhlhausen it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	This Broken Shore 2023 by Daniel Weeks, Gregg G Brown, Linda Johnston Muhlhausen it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	This Broken Shore 2024 by Daniel J. Weeks, Gregg G. Brown (editor), Linda Johnston Muhlhausen (editor) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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