All of Me

<p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>All of Me: Spirit Survival & Sacred Love</strong><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> is a powerful collection of poetry and prose that explores the sacred journey of healing ancestry love and self-return through the lens of a Black woman deeply rooted in Gullah Geechee Southern and spiritual traditions.</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Spanning generations of resilience-from the Low Country to the concrete streets of Los Angeles-Emily Clarida writes with raw truth ancestral fire and spiritual grace. These poems are more than verses-they are soul sermons memory maps and prayers written in blood and breath.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Divided into nine chapters this collection reflects the layered path of becoming:</span></p><ul><li><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>From self-affirmation and spiritual awakening</span></li><li><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>To love loss and longing</span></li><li><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>To resistance rage and rebirth</span></li><li><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>To the quiet act of coming home to one's truest self.</span></li></ul><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Clarida speaks on code-switching trauma womanhood survival pleasure generational pain and the divine wisdom passed through dreams and bloodlines. Whether reflecting on the loss of her parents spiritual altars or navigating corporate spaces that suffocate truth her words are intimate unflinching and liberating.</span></p><p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>For readers of Audre Lorde Ntozake Shange bell hooks and Sonia Sanchez</strong><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> this book is a companion in both grief and glory-a poetic offering to anyone who has ever tried to gather their brokenness into something holy.</span></p><p></p><p><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>This book is not about being unbroken. It is about being brave enough to honor the cracks-and bold enough to gather them into art.</em></p>