Hennepin History Museum welcomes Mary Moore Easter, poet and emerita professor from Carleton College, to read from her book, Free Papers: Poems Inspired by the Testimony of Eliza Winston, a Mississippi Slave Escaped to Freedom in Minnesota in 1860. Easter will also share insight about her inspiration and interpretation of the courageous story of Winston. The reading will be followed by audience Q & A and a book signing. Light refreshments will be provided.

Mary Moore Easter is also the author of The Body of the World (Minnesota Book Award in Poetry Finalist, 2019); Walking from Origins; From the Flutes of Our Bones (fall 2020), and Free Papers. Her memoir, The Way She Wants to Get There: Telling on Myself, (Nodin Press) was also a Minnesota Book Award Finalist in 2022. A Pushcart Prize-nominated poet, Cave Canem Fellow, veteran dancer /choreographer, and emerita professor of dance at Carleton College, Easter is the mother of two daughters and four grandchildren.

Cost: Free, $5 donation encouraged