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.

  • Three Day Lyrical Challenge: Day 3

    I was tagged by the wonderful Leslie, over on Books Are The New Black. Be sure to check out her blog. This is my first time being tagged for anything so I feel truly honored. *takes bow* The rules are simple: Thank the person who nominated you. Share one of your favorite song/lyrics one at

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  • Long Way Down (Book Review)

    *Synopsis* Will is heading out to finish what seems to have started yesterday, when his brother, Shawn, was shot. He’s just trying to follow The Rules: No tears, no snitching, and always get revenge. With Shawn’s gun hidden behind his back, Will is going to kill the guy that he just knows killed Shawn. When

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  • Three Day Lyrical Challenge: Day 2

    I was tagged by the wonderful Leslie, over on Books Are The New Black. Be sure to check out her blog. This is my first time being tagged for anything so I feel truly honored. *takes bow* The rules are simple: Thank the person who nominated you. Share one of your favorite song/lyrics one at

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  • Three Day Lyrical Challenge: Day 1

    I was tagged by the wonderful Leslie, over on Books Are The New Black. Be sure to check out her blog. This is my first time being tagged for anything so I feel truly honored. *takes bow* The rules are simple: Thank the person who nominated you. Share one of your favorite song/lyrics one at

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  • Two for Tuesday is something I try to keep up with every week here on my blog. It can be used to review anything, from children’s books to makeup products. If you’d like to join in posting Two for Tuesdays, just comment on this post here.

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  • Kim’s Convenience (Show Review)

    Two seasons of Kim’s Convenience are currently available on Netflix for streaming. It is a Canadian show about the Korean-Canadian Kim family. They own a small convenience store that serves their local community.

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  • The Gentleman’s Guide to Vice and Virtue (Book Review)

    *Synopsis* The year is seventeen hundred and something and Monty is on his way to Paris with his beloved best friend, Percy, and his annoying younger sister, Felicity. He is supposed to go on a year long tour of the continent before coming back home to run his father’s estate. Felicity will be dropped off

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  • I found this over on Reading With Rendz and thought this tag was absolutely adorable. 1. Cheddar The Classic Cheese: Pick your favorite classic novel Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe This was one of the first books I read set in Africa. It’s a great novel and it made me see the world just

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  • Fat Kid Rules the World (Book Review)

    *Synopsis* Troy Billings is seventeen, 296 pounds, friendless, utterly miserable, and about to step off a New York subway platform in front of an oncoming train. Until he meets Curt MacCrae, an emaciated, semi-homeless, high school dropout guitar genius, the stuff of which Lower East Side punk rock legends are made. Never mind that Troy’s

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  • Two for Tuesday is something I try to keep up with every week here on my blog. It can be used to review anything, from children’s books to makeup products. If you’d like to join in posting Two for Tuesdays, just comment on this post here.

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