Stop by M. Judson Booksellers for a free Saturday morning pop up with local poet Lauren Griffin for her new collection, Nocturnes and Saudade! ABOUT THE BOOK: An honest, empathetic collection filled with passion, Nocturnes and Saudade will reassure you that pain is often a companion to love and that you are not alone, no matter what you’re feeling. By “offering a vocabulary for wounds” and “creating story out of brokenness,” Griffin reworks the lessons of her personal narrative, exemplifying how the storms of our hearts—when brought to light through poetry—can provide both understanding and healing to ourselves and others. Whether grief is an old friend of yours or you are meeting it for the first time, you can always be sure to find peace in the in-between, in the world of dreams. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Lauren Griffin lives in Greenville, South Carolina, where she works as a nurse practitioner in pediatrics. She received her BA in Spanish from Furman University and her post-master’s degree as a nurse practitioner from Vanderbilt University. What began as personal endeavors to pen her most vulnerable experiences grew into her first chapbook. Poetry has been a rich source of comfort for her in seasons of sorrow and confusion and has inspired her to delve into the deep complexities of grief, loss, and the search for hope in her own writings.
