By John Sullivan
Expressive arts consultant, educator and award-winning author Dr. Zelda Lockhart ’18 is returning to Lesley for a July 9 visit with Expressive Therapies doctoral cohorts. While she’s in Cambridge, she will also headline a July 10 event celebrating her latest novel “Trinity,” 7 p.m. at Porter Square Books, just minutes from our Porter Campus.
Lockhart, who earned her Ph.D. from Lesley in Expressive Therapies, is associate professor of Creative Writing & African American Literature, and is a distinguished endowed fellow, in the Language & Literature Department at North Carolina Central University.
Author Zelda Lockhart
According to the HarperCollins Publishers website, with “Trinity,” Lockhart, a Hurston-Wright Award finalist, makes her long-awaited return with an electrifying saga that explores three generations of a family trying to overcome trials and trauma and free themselves from the darkness of the past.
Lockhart’s other books include “Fifth Born,” “Fifth Born II: The Hundredth Turtle,” “Cold Running Creek,” “The Soul of the Full-Length Manuscript: Turning Life's Wounds into the Gift of Literary Fiction” and “Write It & Publish It: A Publishing Guide.”
She has also co-written two memoirs: “Diamond Doris: The True Story of the World’s Most Notorious Jewel Thief” by Doris Payne, and “Mama Bear: One Black Mother’s Fight for Her Child’s Life and Her Own” (by Shirley Smith).
“I use memoir and poetry writing along with art and nature to help folks heal, regain a sense of self-agency, and seek and maintain healthy relationships,” Lockhart says on her website. “My work is particularly helpful for people living with the effects of long-term trauma, which includes adults living with childhood trauma and people living with the impact of multigenerational trauma.”