Last week I received the new book of poetry, Free Papers, by my friend, Mary Moore Easter. In poetry that grips and won’t let go, she chronicles the path to freedom of Eliza Winston, a woman enslaved in Mississippi. It is a wrenching story of heartbreak and persistence. Eliza’s grit and determination to win the elusive freedom her owner promised, but failed to deliver, shine from every page. To anchor the events in the present and the personal, the author plots the timeline of Eliza’s journey against the succession of her own lineage. A book you are sure to remember.