In a review posted by The Wisconsin Academy of Sciences Arts and Letters, Michael Kriesel writes of Karl Elder’s novel Earth as It is in Heaven this way:
“A parable of religious mysticism that’s part love story and part mystery, with a touch of rural hijinks, Karl Elder’s new novel is a welcome addition to the list of titles from one of Wisconsin’s top poets.”
About the reviewer: President of the Wisconsin Fellowship of Poets, Michael Kriesel, 51, is a poet and reviewer whose work has appeared in Alaska Quarterly, Antioch Review, Crab Creek Review, Rattle, Small Press Review, Library Journal, Nimrod, North American Review, Rosebud, and The Progressive.