The Miseducation of Love

In her stunning and triumphant debut chapbook, The Miseducation of Love, Kristian Le'Chelle chronicles a journey from inherited heartbreak to self-reclamation and redefining love on her terms.Inspired by Lauryn Hill's groundbreaking album, this chapbook unfolds like a musical journey of love's painful lessons, lyrical interludes, and the redemptive return to self.From family blueprints that taught her "to love someone to the point you self abuse," through relationships where she became "a feast for the starving," to the powerful declaration "never again will a man touch my body without first meeting my soul," this collection maps the terrain between self-abandonment and sovereignty.The poet transforms generational wounds into wisdom. Water imagery flows throughout this collection, washing away old patterns as the narrator rediscovers herself: "I am becoming the woman I've always wanted, who sees the moon itself and not the shadow it casts."Kristian's voice is vulnerable, defiant, sensual, and wise-a voice that has earned its authority through suffering, survival, and the will to love.The Miseducation of Love isn't just about heartbreak-it's about the journey home to oneself. This collection is for anyone who has ever lost themselves in love and is finally ready to come home.