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.

  • 7 YA Books with Black Main Characters

    This blog is meant to show how easy it is to add diverse reads to your TBR. These seven books are not only diverse, but they are also great shows of representation. If you’d like to learn more about the difference between diversity and representation, make sure to check out this post by The Black

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  • Grownish Season 2 Episode 16 (Recap + Discussion)

    This episode was honestly so good. It was unproblematic and the crew wasn’t leaking any toxic energy tonight. This is the kind of content I’ve been waiting for Grownish to bring back. This is the kind of stuff that made me love Grownish in the first place.

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  • Piecing Me Together (Book Review)

    This was the first book I picked up during this June’s library ventures. I’ve been wanting to read Piecing Me Together ever since I finished This Side of Home two summers ago.

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  • What’s with the new theme?

    If you’ve been perusing my blog these last couple days, you may have noticed that’s something’s different. Very different.

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  • My Thoughts on Always Be My Maybe (Movie Review)

    This post has been in my drafts for week’s now and I felt like there was no better time to post it like the present, so here it is.

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  • Mr. Iglesias (Show Review)

    Mr. Iglesias is a show starring Gabriel “Fluffy” Iglesias where he stars as a history teacher who’s trying to help his underprivileged students succeed. He fights for his kids, making sure they can stay at the school even when administration tries kicking them out to boost school ratings.

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  • Grownish Season 2 Episode 15 (Recap + Discussion)

    Soooo, this episode was… Hmm, I honestly don’t have much to say. How rare. Let’s get into this recap.

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  • Theme Thursday: Time Travel

    I saw this over on Sara’s blog and decided to join in on the fun. I’m currently taking a break from Two for Tuesday, but I do miss having that kind of content on my blog. I think I’ll try some more of these themed posts in the future. Theme Thursday is a new monthly feature

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  • Trips to the Library (Take Two)

    Last month’s trip to the library was so relaxing, I love looking through all those shelves of books. It’s also less stress on my wallet and the library is literally down the road from my house. So, I decided to get a new stack of four for this month. Here’s to happy reading! Piecing Me

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  • Library Books Wrap-Up

    During my trip to the library last month, I picked up four books. It was a great way to get back into the swing of reading regularly. The books on my shelf just haven’t been interesting to me lately. Here’s what I thought about my library books. Click the titles for full reviews.

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