The Peace Chronicles"Yolanda Sealey-Ruiz is a lighthouse. Whether teaching, writing, or prophesizing, Sealey-Ruiz is astute in the building of community. She fortifies readers through a rich lexicon as she languages liberation with the Black feminist lens as a compass. These poems are psalms and serve as brilliant beams to bring her readers safely home."
- Mahogany L. Browne, Author of Chlorine Sky & i remember death by its proximity to what i love most
"Sealey-Ruiz's second full-length collection is a remarkable journey through healing and revelation. These poems are dazzling lyrical meditations that leave the reader breathless."
- Rio Cortez, New York Times best selling author of The ABCs of Black History
Through "forgiveness and a new way to love," she writes poems of a free spirit; reminding the men who wounded her, "I am not better than you, I just figured out my worth."
- Micah Bournes
Poet. Musician. Author of "Here Comes This Dreamer"
The Peace Chronicles is poet and scholar-activist Yolanda Sealey-Ruiz’s second full-length collection. Documenting her last moments in the Vortex, the book moves from a searing betrayal by Tyrone (Love from the Vortex & Other Poems) to her equanimity with it. The poems also record her peacemaking with her father, the tireless work of her ancestors, and celebrates a freedom that brings her tranquility, contentment and joy.
Love from the Vortex & Other Poems
"Sealey-Ruiz opens a world to us in which we are reminded of the importance of speaking truthfully- with both love and rage-- about our past and the lovers and loved ones who bring us to the present-- and home" -- Jacqueline Woodson, Red at the Bone
"raised glass to the glorious risk-and-recovery of life" -- Adam Falkner, The Willies
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Books are $15/each.
From now until January 31st, 2023, we are offering free shipping if you order a copy of The Peace Chronicles or Love from the Vortex & Other Poems. 