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.

  • OCDaniel (Book Review)

    OCDaniel (Book Review)

    Daniel is a thirteen-year-old boy who gets Zaps. He can’t really explain what they are or why he gets them, he just knows there are things he needs to do to get rid of them. Whether that’s flicking the light switch on and off ten times, or making sure the milk glass is moved just

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  • Saoussan tells the true story of her family’s flight from war-ridden Lebanon. She wrote a letter to Robert Munsch, and together they made her letter into this book.   I enjoyed the honest depiction and truth found in Saoussan Askar’s culture shock and coping with the change that took place for her. It’s a good

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  • This was the perfect pick-me-up I needed for battling my procrastination.

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  • Inside, you’ll be able to find everything from how to open your Etsy business, to marketing, to stories of successful Etsy business owners. Opening an Etsy shop can be stressful, I know from experience, but this book has many incredible tips that I’ve begun incorporating into my own shop. I would recommend this to those

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  • From the brilliant minds of Irene Smalls and Cathy Ann Johnson, comes this wonderful reading pair that you can enjoy with your favorite little ones.

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  • Still Life with Tornado (Book Review)

    “I am sixteen years old. I am a human being.” “Actually Sarah is several human beings. At once. And only one of them is sixteen.” This is the second surrealist novel I’ve read by A.S. King. After reading I Crawl Through It, I knew I’d have to pick up another surrealist novel at some point. A.S.

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  • This Side of Home (Book Review)

    I laughed, I cried, I danced up and down with joy while my mom looked at me like I was crazy.

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  • July Reading Wrap-Up

    This month has gone pretty great for me as far as reading and blogging goes. I finally lifted myself out of that slump and really got things done. I finished a grand total of 19 books and 15 blog posts. I also did a bit of restructuring of my site and I plan to continue

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  • As a preschool teacher, I think this is a great “first week of school” kind of story.

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  • This One Summer (Book Review)

    I was absolutely blown away by the artwork.

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