Pop Up Author Melissa Whiteford St. Clair
Pop Up Author Event to feature local poet and social justice advocate
Event Types: Literary Arts
Mar 8, 2025 10:00 AM — Mar 8, 2025 12:00 PM
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M. Judson Booksellers
864-603-2412
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Stop by M. Judson Booksellers for a Saturday morning pop-up featuring local author Melissa Whiteford St. Clair. Honoring Harriet Tubman Day and celebrating Women's History Month and two book birthdays!
Meet the poet, learn what led her to poetry, and discover her two books of poetry, “Home Work A Collection of Poems Sparked by One White Woman’s Journey on the Matter of Race” and “Heart Work A Heart-Centered Collection of Poems.”
Below is an introductory poem from “Home Work A Collection of Poems Sparked by One White Woman’s Journey on the Matter of Race”
Harriet
State of Maryland, Dorchester County
On her head was a bounty
Be Free or Die
Across the miles, she did fly
Following the drinking gourd in the sky
-Melissa Whiteford St. Clair
Praise for “Home Work A Collection of Poems Sparked by One White Woman’s Journey on the Matter of Race”
"Your book was awesome and truly shed a powerful light on a
dark social injustice." -Ellen F.
Praise for “Heart Work A Heart-Centered Collection of Poems”
“Readers will gain a quick grasp of Black history.”
-Joan Henderson Hodous, author, painter and poet, It All
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