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.

  • 22 Books by BIPOC Coming Out in February 2021

    Hey y’all! So many wonderful books are coming out in February so you know I had to put a list together. Here are 22 books by BIPOC that are coming out soon. Let me go make these requests at my library.

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  • Let’s Catch Up (#36)

    Let’s Catch Up (#36)

    Hey y’all! We’ve made it through another week together, isn’t that wonderful? This week has felt a little like a fever dream, but not in a bad way. I just feel like everything and nothing happened simultaneously. Anywho, go grab your winter drink of choice, a cozy blanket, and take a seat so we can

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  • Author Interview: Desmond Hall

    Hey y’all! Welcome to my stop for the Hear Our Voices Book Tour. Today I’ll be sharing this super exclusive interview with Desmond Hall, the author of Your Corner Dark. Come along and check out what he had to say!

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  • My Haitian Readathon Wrap-Up

    Hey y’all! Happy MLK Day for all my friends in the states. The first official Haitian Readathon has come to an end and I feel pretty good about how much I read and did. I was one of the hosts and I also ran the Instagram page so that left me super busy these past

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  • Let’s Catch Up (#35)

    Let’s Catch Up (#35)

    Hey y’all! Classes have officially begun and I’ve got my boxing gloves on to try to keep from getting beat. It’s already been a time, but we’ll get into that. Right now I need you to get a warm drink and fuzzy blanket to fight off this cold draft so we can catch up!

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  • 15 Books with Mental Illness Representation

    Hey y’all! As many of you know, I’m double majoring in Psychology and English. I love to analyze both books and people, but mental illness awareness is especially important for me. Whenever I hear that there’s great mental illness rep in a story, I immediately add it to my TBR. Several of these are books

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  • Let’s Catch Up (#34)

    Let’s Catch Up (#34)

    Hey y’all! We’re over a week into the new ear and I don’t know about y’all, but it’s been a wild time for me. We’ll get into that though. So go grab your winter drink, a cozy blanket, and take a seat so we can catch up! Life Update

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  • 10 Books I Want to Read in 2021

    Hey y’all! We’re a week into 2021 and things haven’t seemed to slow down. I don’t know if I’ll be posting an official goals post like I usually do, but I do have 10 books I’d really like to read this year. These are all books I already own and I really want to read

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  • 16 Diverse YA and Middle Grade Releases for January 2021

    Happy New Year y’all! Today I just want to share a few books by BIPOC authors that are coming out this month. It makes me so happy to see kids these days getting more stories where they can see themselves as the hero and you already know these are going on my TBR (if they

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  • Let’s Catch Up (#33)

    Let’s Catch Up (#33)

    Hey y’all! So it was another week without new posts but can you blame me? This holiday season was an interesting one, to say the least. Go on, grab your seasonal drink in your seasonal mug and a seasonal blanket so we can have this catch up session. Life Update

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