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.
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Working at a department store has taught me a lot about how people shop. There are the individuals who start shopping for Christmas three months ahead of time and then there are the ones who wait until the last week. I can definitely relate to the latter. If you’re looking for some gifts for the
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*Synopsis* Black Klansmen is the story of how Detective Ron Stallworth went undercover and joined the Colorado Springs chapter of the Ku Klux Klan. Detective Stallworth was one of the only black men working in his department. This nonfiction account includes how Detective Stallworth gained information on the KKK and continued to fool them over
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These past two weeks, I’ve been alternating between two books in between studying for exams. Finals coming up soon and I’m honestly so ready to be done with these classes. Last Monday, I started reading my hardcover copy of American Street by Ibi Zoboi. I mentioned it here oh so long ago. I really like
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Finals are around the corner, which means this semester is almost over! *Le sigh* I’m relieved but also just a tiny bit sad that my first semester of college is almost over. I just reached 100 followers, so that’s exciting! Thank you for all the love and support. The comments have really helped keep me
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*Synopsis* *Trigger Warning: Rape and Domestic Abuse* Hunger is a memoir of Roxane Gay’s struggles with obesity, among other things. She writes about the traumatic experience that caused her to begin over eating. Gay includes that becoming bigger seemed to provide some solace after the experience, it seemed her only true escape. She also goes
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The Hate U Give is based on the book of the same name written by Angie Thomas and published last year, February. Both are about the main character, Starr Carter, and the actions she takes on after witnessing her childhood friend get shot at the hands of a police officer. Both the film and book
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I saw this tag a while ago over on Sara’s blog, The Bibliophagist. I love The Office, I’ve even written a show review for it! 1. Michael Scott – Book that tried WAY too hard: If you’ve read my review, you already know how I feel about this one. It felt like the author was trying
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* Goodreads Synopsis* Do you often feel like you are running out of time? Do you feel like there is never enough time in your day? What if you could kidnap hours and hold them hostage for your dreams as ransom? In this book, you will discover unique ways to master your time and become
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I recently started reading Hunger by Roxane Gay. She’s been on my radar for a while and when I saw this on the Overdrive app, I decided it was about time that I started one of her books. I’ve been listening to the audiobook and this has really been something. It talks about some serious
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