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.

  • Hollow City (Book Review)

    Hollow City begins right where Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children left off, as promised. The kids are trying to make sense of what has happened and what’s to come. With intent to save their beloved ymbryne, they go on an adventure of a lifetime. Discoveries are made of friends and enemies alike, and the

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  • Write about a character break-up that happened under strange circumstances. “It’s over!” I shouted, trying to be heard despite the rush of wind surrounding us. My voice was soon lost between the churning gusts that had nearly lifted us both into the sky. I attempted to storm out (no pun intended) but just as surely,

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  • My Journey, Poetic by Sheim Francis (Book Review)

    I thoroughly enjoyed reading this wonderful book of poems. I loved the “souvenirs” accompanying each poem. This really made me think about life, and love, and God. Every poem spoke something to me and was written in a way that I could truly relate and understand.

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  • I Crawl Through It by A.S. King (Book Review)

    I Crawl Through It is a surrealist novel depicting the differing and often contradictive views of four unusual teenagers. Gustav is building an invisible helicopter. Stanzi dissects things. China is a walking digestive system. Lansdale’s hair keeps growing as long as she keeps lying. Bomb threats are being sent to their school. This was definitely

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  • Three

    She smells sweet / like lavender The putrid sound rings high / Sour scents / Rotten things The succulent lilt of his sides / smooth 27 is crude / 59 is all attitude / But three is beautiful Bright Mommy tells me to be quiet But the voice of 3 / calls so sweetly to

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  • *Pop* *Pop* *Pop* Do you hear what I hear? It’s the sound of another black boy Being shot down Boy for he is no longer a man / Black because that is all the officer sees All he sees Do you hear that? It’s the sound of police dogs barking The sound of grandparents marching

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