Reign Walker

In Volume II of her Reign series, Lisa J. Smallwood renders an edgy, definitive collection written over a 5-year period. Reign Walker commemorates her sister, Letitia D. Smallwood's, release from prison, after a 43-year incarceration, perhaps the longest in U.S. history, who was wrongfully accused of a double-murder in 1972. Reign Walker dances between the raindrops of the deepest caverns in the valley of souls, then takes us to the highest pinnacle of hope. Through her spiritual life, artistic amplification and unmitigated grit, Smallwood's work is a boundless journey through conflict and ultimate soul-satisfaction. Lisa J. Smallwood served as the Official Poet of the Orange County, California, Chapter of the NAACP, and guest reciter of the 2013 Los Angeles Million Women March.