GREENVILLE, S.C. - s4story -- In honor of Harriet Tubman Day (March 10^th), poet and social justice advocate, Melissa Whiteford St. Clair, Founder of White Girl Advocacy LLC will be the featured author at a Pop-Up Book Signing on Saturday, March 8, 2025, from 10:00 am to 12:00 noon at M. Judson Booksellers, 130 South Main Street, Greenville, SC 29601. The event is open to the public.

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

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-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 Counts

Details about the Pop Up Author event can be found at https://mjudsonbooks.com/event/pop-up-author-melissa-whiteford-st-clair/.

The poetry books recently republished with local publisher, Tickle Mites LLC of Fountain Inn, SC, will be available at the table while supplies last or wherever books are sold online.

A portion of the proceeds from book sales from these books will benefit the Harriet Tubman Museum and Education Center (HTMEC), 424 Race Street, Cambridge, Maryland 21613.