Claudia Love Mair is the author of 13 books, including the upcoming, Mourning Pages, from Broadleaf Books (2025). She holds an MFA in Writing from Spalding University and is the Coordinator for the Carnegie Center's Kentucky Black Writers Collaborative (KBWC). Claudia Love is also the co-host of the Abbey of the Arts Lift Every Voice Book Club, which features books in the Christian contemplative tradition by BIPOC authors.
Claudia Love’s mission is to amplify marginalized voices, although her work at the Carnegie Center focuses on elevating Black voices. In 3 years the KBWC has put dozens of Black writers on stage, shared their work with thousands of listeners through a partnership with WUKY public radio, welcomed hundreds to the Carnegie Center for in-person events and hosted the first Black Poet Laureates, Frank X Walker and Crystal Wilkinson, as well as Silas House, the first openly Poet Laureate.
After losing her son to an overdose in 2021, Claudia Love realized she had a gift for comforting those who are grieving the loss of a loved one. In January of 2024 she began studies with the Guided Spiral Deathkeeper Certificate program to be a Death Doula that specializes in working with the Black community. Claudia Love lives and works in Lexington, with her daughter and two cats.
