About

Rae is a Haitian-American writer and educator, born and raised in South Florida. She received a 2018 Silver Medal in the Scholastic Art and Writing Competition for her poem “Red Blood Cell.” She earned her bachelor’s as a double major in Psychology and English with a Concentration in Multicultural and Gender Studies and her master’s in English Literature with a Specialization in Caribbean Literature from Florida Atlantic University. Her poetry has been published and/or forthcoming in Rigorous Magazine, The Anti-Languorous Project, and Strange Horizons. You can find her nerding out over her latest reads @raethereviewer on Instagram and Tik Tok.

  • Let’s Catch Up (#5)

    Let’s Catch Up (#5)

    So, you may have noticed there wasn’t a Let’s Catch Up last week. I decided to do my monthly wrap-up last Sunday instead. I think that may be how I do it, depending on when the last day of the month falls. I’ve had a pretty interesting week and I even got some blog posts

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  • Grown-ish Season 3 Episode 4 (Recap + Discussion)

    I don’t know about y’all, but I loved this week’s episode. So much of this needed to happen and I think it’ll lead to some real character growth this time around. I actually missed the episode because I left campus later than I usually do on Thursdays. I was able to catch the later showing,

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  • WWW Wednesday #3

    WWW Wednesday #3

    WWW Wednesday is a meme that was formerly hosted by MizB at A Daily Rhythm and revived by Sam of Taking on a World of Words. I actually meant to do one of these last week, but as you probably know by now because of every one of my other posts, school and work are keeping me busy. Sometimes it

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  • TOP 5 BOOKS THAT WEREN’T WHAT I EXPECTED

    Top 5 Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by the lovely Shanah of Bionic Book Worm. It’s all good vibes and good times and if you’re on the fence about joining, just try it out! (Sidenote: I’ve been spelling Shanah’s name wrong for the past few weeks and literally just realized this week. Sorry Shanah!) At first, I thought

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  • Down the TBR Hole #14

    Down the TBR Hole #14

    I was honestly worried I wouldn’t get this out in time, I’m literally typing this up Sunday night. I usually make a day out of doing these but I’ve been swamped this past week. I’ve had a lot on my plate with working on upcoming events for work, keeping up with scheduled readings for my

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  • January 2020 Wrap-Up

    January 2020 Wrap-Up

    Hey y’all, I’ve been trying to stay true to my goals for the year and so far things have been going great. I had over 20 posts in the month of January and I’ve already gotten more views this month than I had for the entirety of 2018. The growth is real, y’all.

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  • Grown-ish Season 3 Episode 3 (Recap + Discussion)

    These episodes just keep hittin different. I’m not gonna say these episodes have been amazing, but this season has started way better than Season 2.

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  • Book of the Month ~ January

    One of my goals for the year was to buy a book once a month and support my local bookstore. I love the place and most of my bookstagram pictures were taken there. I haven’t been borrowing my brother’s camera lately, hence the lack of photos, but I promise I’ll get back on it next

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  • Top 5 Tuesday – TOP 5 ANTICIPATED BOOKS FOR 2020

    Top 5 Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by the lovely Shannah of Bionic Book Worm. It’s all good vibes and good times and if you’re on the fence about joining, just try it out! I’m not really one to keep up with new releases, but there are a few in particular that have caught my eye. Translation:

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  • Down the TBR Hole #13

    Down the TBR Hole #13

    It’s time for that Monday special! Let’s get our de-clutter on. The Rules 1. Go to your Goodreads to-read shelf.  2. Order on ascending date added.  3. Take the first 5 (or 10 if you’re feeling adventurous) books.  4. Read the synopsis of the books.  5. Time to Decide: keep it or should it go

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