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.

  • Soooo… tonight’s episode was a lot. Some of it was stuff we’ve been waiting for all season, some of it was stuff no one asked for. All in all, a pretty interesting season finale. As usual, my full recap will be up on Saturday, I just wanted to let y’all know my immediate thoughts. Let’s

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  • Penguin Random House Book Haul (Part 2)

    As promised yesterday, here’s the in-depth book haul.

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  • Penguin Random House Book Haul (Part 1)

    I’ve been taking part in a summer writing program hosted by one of my teachers from high school for the past few weeks. The funny thing is, I never actually had him as a teacher when I was in high school. He was the sponsor for this movie making club I was in with a

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  • Down the TBR Hole #1

    Down the TBR Hole #1

    Down the TBR Hole is a pretty regular thing for many book bloggers. I saw it on both Ivana’s blog and Fadwa’s blog this past week and I’ve been seeing others post about it before, so I decided to finally try it out. The Rules  1. Go to your Goodreads to-read shelf.  2. Order on ascending date

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  • Grownish Season 2 Episode 20 (Full Recap + Discussion)

    I posted a mini-recap for this episode on Thursday, but you already know I couldn’t leave you with just that. Here’s the full play by play for the latest episode of Grownish.

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  • With the Fire on High (Book Review)

    The minute I started this book, I knew I’d made a mistake.

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  • My TV is still buggin, but my brother finally gave me the password to his Hulu account so I just got through the latest episode. Now I’m feeling pretty hype for next week’s finale. As always, my full recap and discussion will be up on Saturday.

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  • 2019 Mid-Year (ish) Reading + Blogging Goals Checkup

    At the start of 2019, I set four simple goals for myself. Though it hasn’t always been easy, I’m doing my best to get them done. I’m super late on this but here’s my Mid-Year (ish) Checkup.

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  • Reading Rush Wrap-Up

    Reading Rush Wrap-Up

    The Reading Rush is (sadly) over and I had so much fun participating this past week. I finished a grand total of 3 whole books. I also did two of the Instagram challenges. This makes me want to do another readathon, it’s nice having those challenges and trying to get as many done as you

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  • Grownish Season 2 Episode 19 (Recap + Discussion)

    This is the episode I’ve been waiting for. As a mental health advocate at my own university, I know how difficult it is to be a black person in college and the stress that entails. This episode highlighted so many important and often unaddressed issues. I loved it. My TV was giving me problems, hence

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