Ernie Brill writes fiction and poetry about everyday people. His I Looked Over Jordan and Other Stories explores race and class among hospital workers. The actress Ruby Dee adapted, and performed the story Crazy Hattie Enters Ice Age for the PBS TV series “With Ruby and Ossie.” Brill has published fiction, poetry and essays in the US and Canada. Favorite writers include Virginia Woolf, Richard Wright, Mahmoud Darwish, Hyseoon Kim, Gwendolyn Brooks, Sterling A. Brown, Pedro Pietri, Pablo Neruda.
