We’re excited to invite you to join Jasper and 16 of SC’s finest working writers under the Jasper Literary Arts Tent at this year’s Rosewood Art & Music Festival on Saturday, October 7th from noon - 5 pm. Over the next few weeks we will be spotlighting each of these literary artists here at Jasper Online. Come back to this site often to learn more about these local literary treasures!
SANDRA JOHNSON will read from noon - 1 pm
Sandra E. Johnson is the author of The Resilience Journal: 365 Days to Balance and Peace of Mind (Clarkson Potter), a 365-day journal designed to strengthen skills to not just survive adversity but thrive from it. Praised by bestselling authors Sharon Salzberg and Karen Casey, as well as mindfulness leaders Richard Miller, PhD, Stacey Milner-Collins, and Shivani Hawkins, The Resilience Journal offers inspirational quotes by great thinkers followed by interactive writing prompts to serve as guides towards greater wellness and resiliency. It is preceded by The Mind-Body Peace Journal: 366 Mindful Prompts for Serenity & Peace (Sterling Publishing), which has sold widely around the world and been highlighted in Psychology Today. Sandra’s first book is Standing on Holy Ground: A Triumph over Hate Crime in the Deep South, the true story of how a courageous African American woman and her white friend risked their lives to help rebuild an African American church in Lexington County after it was destroyed by racially motivated hate crime. Standing on Holy Ground earned rave reviews from O: The Oprah Magazine, Southern Living, and USA Today.
CASSIE PREMO STEELE will read from 4 - 5 pm
Cassie Premo Steele, PhD, is a lesbian ecofeminist poet and novelist and the author of 18 books including Swimming in Gilead, her seventh book of poetry, out later this month, and Beaver Girl, her third novel coming in November. Her poetry has won numerous awards, including the Archibald Rutledge Prize named after the first Poet Laureate of South Carolina, where she lives with her wife.