Full Length Collections

Forthcoming April 2024 

In a world often fixated on the pain experienced by Black womxn, my debut poetry collection, Seraphim offers a refreshing perspective; delving into the radiant, vibrant, and exuberant spirit that defines Black womxn--showcasing that Black womxn don’t just endure but thrive, as an act of legacy, communal resistance, and celebration. 

Often labeled as “loud” Black womxn, just like the seraphim--celestial beings known for their illuminating presence and vocality, are fervent, passionate, and radiant, lighting up the world by their very existence. Seraphim is a testament that Black womxn are celebrations unto themselves, created for exultation while also celebrating themselves with joy that is incandescent, undeniable, and immensely influential.

If you can imagine a literary blend of the insightful wisdom of bell hooks, the bold creativity of Morgan Parker, the unapologetic energy of Megan Thee Stallion, and the soulful grace of Nina Simone, then you've discovered Seraphim. 

This book moves seamlessly across generations, time, place, relationships, religion, and socio-economic backgrounds. It's a complex tapestry of lives lived, voices reclaimed, and lessons learned and shared by Black womxn, offering a compelling guide to finding and embracing joy in the face of adversity. 

Seraphim celebrates Black womxn and the profound power of community, joy, the use of their voices, and their impact within the broader world. 

October 2021

Of the many ironies of 2020, one was the realization of how closely upheaval and transformation are intertwined with one another, how disrupted routines encourage sustained attention to concerns that have been neglected, and that there are important and often competing and even complimentary narratives that live within what we can easily see.

Burn Down Your House is a reflection on marriage within the framework of what's happening in the world—disruptions in personal and familial relationships and community, ecological and economic instability, the overdue attention to and re-envisioning of social structures, life and death. 

Leveraging Madeleine L’Engle’s Two-Part Invention: the Story of a Marriage (Crosswicks Journal Bk. 4) which centers on the highs and lows of the life L'Engle  built and cherished with her husband Hugh Franklin, Burn Down Your House is a white out erasure collection that is both an example of and reflection on the ways we can make change to what exists to make something completely new. 

Because two individuals joined in marriage are nothing but texts of the past that make something old new and different.

2020 Release

Love Letters to The Revolution is a tender exploration of Black American womanhood and girlhood.  From it emerges inheritance, expectation, and anxiety inextricably entwined in the mother-daughter bond offering reminder that revolutions birth revolutions each day.