Empri? Durden

Empriś Durden is a self-help author encouraging readers to seek Jesus. Her poetry book “self-love 101: art is healing” debuted as #1 in African American Poetry on Amazon. Her newest book, “The Anti-Depression Workbook” contains Bible verses and easy, fill-in-the-blank goal sheets to encourage the reader to take small steps towards joy.

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The hilarious + beautifully written poetry collection “self-love 101: art is healing” encourages healing from heartbreak. At times, the book reads like a carefully curated twitter timeline. At other times, the book implores readers to reach for the strength to be gentle with oneself, to “skip over negativity like video ads, sis," to eat “pastoral interludes for breakfast,” and to practice the daily art of self-love 101. 

The author Empriś Durden has performed selected poems from “self-love 101: art is healing” at Da Poetry Lounge, World Stage Performance Gallery, Beyond Baroque, Tia Chucha’s Centro Cultural, Neutra Institute Museum and Gallery, private events, and Washington University in St. Louis. Her work has been featured on @TheFreeBlackWomensLibrary_LA, @BlackGirlsWithGardens, and @GoodBlackReads. Empriś wants to help others realize that “a lot of people look for love in others when we should really look upward.”