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When Swarthmore singer Zoe Mulford’s heartbreakingly beautiful song went viral, a video and book quickly followed

Legendary folksinger Joan Baez' recorded Mumford's "The President Sang Amazing Grace," and garnered

Zoe Mulford is a Philadelphia-based author/singer/songwriter who wrote a song after the 2015 Charleston SC church shooting called "The President Sang Amazing Grace." Singer Joan Baez recorded the song and they made a music video featuring illustrations. Then a book publisher reached out to Rick Litvin, a Philly guy who produces much Baez music, to spearhead efforts to get it turned into a children's book. The book just came out and author Zoe Mulford was photographed doing a book reading and signing at Reads & Company Bookshop in Phoenixville, Pa. on September 29, 2019.
Zoe Mulford is a Philadelphia-based author/singer/songwriter who wrote a song after the 2015 Charleston SC church shooting called "The President Sang Amazing Grace." Singer Joan Baez recorded the song and they made a music video featuring illustrations. Then a book publisher reached out to Rick Litvin, a Philly guy who produces much Baez music, to spearhead efforts to get it turned into a children's book. The book just came out and author Zoe Mulford was photographed doing a book reading and signing at Reads & Company Bookshop in Phoenixville, Pa. on September 29, 2019.Read moreELIZABETH ROBERTSON / Staff Photographer
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