Ellyn Peirson

I Am Keats As You Are Ellyn Peirson

I am Keats as you are: one man's journey to final enlightenment.

Glenn Peirson died much too soon, stricken by a fast-spreading sinus cancer and leaving our world in November 2009 at 44. Glenn, as a friend described him, was a true Renaissance man, a man of compassion, intellect and deep passion.

His battle with The Beast extended for three torturous, draining years. It killed Glenn Peirson, but it did not defeat him. As he wrote to his friends and family just prior to his death: "We are always open to your questions, concerns, gestures and good-will. We are, as always, allergic to pity and despair..."

Peirson's battle with cancer lies at the heart of this book, a mixed reference to the Romantic poet John Keats and the Beatles. I am Keats as you are is a compilation of Peirson's own poetry and the hundreds of letters he sent to family and friends over the course of his struggle with cancer.

This is a powerful, passionate, highly personal book about a view of the world. It invites the reader into an exploration and provides insights garnered along a brief, beautiful, fully-walked path.