Keeping the Dream Alive contains full-color images of Harriet Lorence Nesbitt’s art, giving an overview of her unique life and style. This monographic reflection explores the historical context of Nesbitt’s work. William David Spencer’s afterword contextualizes Harriet’s vision as an advocate for the mentally ill, an artist, and a political columnist, describing how and why Harriet’s life and art pulsed with vibrancy.
About the author
William David Spencer (Th D, Boston University School of Theology) is Ranked Adjunct Professor of Theology and the Arts at the Boston Campus of Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary. He is the author of Mysterium and Mystery: The Clerical Crime Novel, Dread Jesus, Name in the Papers: An Urban Adventure Novel, and coeditor of Chanting Down Babylon: The Rastafari Reader.
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