Promises to Keep BOOK LAUNCH

Thu Apr 23 2026 at 07:00 pm to 08:30 pm UTC-04:00

Thomas Crane Public Library | Quincy

Matthew E Henry - MEHPoeting.com
Publisher/HostMatthew E Henry - MEHPoeting.com
Promises to Keep BOOK LAUNCH
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Join me for a reading from my latest collection, PROMISES TO KEEP, a narrative through poems.
Guest readers: Linda Carney-Goodrich and Anne Elezabeth Pluto
All are welcome for the reading, Q&A, and book signing. Copies will be available.

Book synopsis: Promises to Keep tells the story of a church-going family man who receives a violent call to become a prophet. He’s read the source material, knows how this has ended for others. But without a means of running away, he reluctantly accepts a vocation he rightly fears will result in tragedy for his family. While receiving dreams and visions, delivering sermons and prayers, frequenting political protests and police stations, being placed in handcuffs and straitjackets, the prophet attempts to speak truth to power and make it home whole, if there is a home left to return to. Promises to Keep explores the fear and trembling and doubt required to have faith in ourselves, each other, and whatever forces may be guiding our steps. It demands we consider what we devote our lives to, what we say we love, and whether the cost of such devotion is worth it.
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