Ari Berk, Ph. D. is an author, poet, and Associate Professor of English Language and Literature at Central Michigan University where he teaches courses in mythology, American Indian literature, folklore, and Medieval literature. The former student of Pulitzer-prize winning writer N. Scott Momaday, Dr. Berk has created and directed literacy programs for disadvantaged youth, and (at the University of Arizona) helped to develop the first American Indian Studies doctoral program in the United States. His latest book The Runes of Elfland (a collaboration with international best-selling artist Brian Froud) creatively explores the otherworldly wonders of landscape and language.

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