Glenda Bailey-Mershon will do a Sunday Author Talk at the Winter Park Public Library at 2 p.m. on Sunday, November 2nd.

Bailey-Mershon is an American poet, essayist, novelist, cultural historian, and human rights activist. Born in Upstate South Carolina to a family with roots in the Southern Appalachians, she has explored in poetry and fiction her European, Native American, and Romani heritage. Her published works include the novel, Eve’s Garden; Bird Talk: Poems; saconige/blue smoke: Poems from the Southern Appalachians; A History of the American Women’s Movement: A Study Guide, and four volumes as editor of the Jane’s Stories anthologies by women writers, including Jane’s Stories IV: Bridges and Borders (Jane’s Stories, 2013), which includes work by women in conflicts around the world.