In this interview MZAB speaks with poet and writer K. Eltinaé on his newest collection of poetry ‘The Moral Judgement of Butterflies’ available to purchase here . Our conversation explores his upbringing, culture and the creative process behind writing and creating. Tell us more about yourself, your upbringing and what informed your creative literary pursuit? I grew up in a very scientific family, the third of four kids so kind of middle child. I felt drawn to performing arts and music, while my siblings were more athletic and I guess where traditionally most family members followed in the footsteps of what came before them, I strayed early on and found a community outside my family home where I would disappear for hours on end besides of course the Public Library. My father was big on wildlife documentaries and obsessed with traditional homeopathic medicinal herbs and plants and gardening. I grew up with a mathematician of a mother who had a very critical eye, pouring through newspapers after work with her glasses perched on her nose …