Thomas Sayers Ellis

Thomas Sayers Ellis (October 5, 1963 – July 17, 2025). Poet, Photographer, Professor, Thomas Sayers Ellis was the bandleader and a co-founding member of HAGL. He is the author of “The Maverick Room and Skin, Inc. Identity Repair Poems” (Graywolf Press) and his work have appeared in The Paris Review, Poetry, The Nation, Tin House as well as numerous anthologies.