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July 4: What Does Freedom Feel Like In Your Body?
Context: This week, many in the U.S. will be lighting fireworks in celebration of "freedom." But for others -- especially Black,...
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20 hours ago2 min read


Reading Recap - From Chaos to Cosmos
My reading list reflected the chaos in motion. From soft heartbreak poetry to cosmic absurdity to life advice with a bite. Here's what I read this month
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5 days ago2 min read


Swallow
I did not begin reading poetry by Latinx writers until late 2018 when I started my MFA program. Before then I read mostly white (read:...
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Jun 1, 20191 min read


A Girl is a Half-Formed Thing
Eimear McBride’s A Girl is a Half-Formed Thing was a difficult read. The language was broken down. The scenes created were tough to bear...
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May 18, 20191 min read


Capicu: A Latinx Open Mic Infused with Culture
Since leaving Miami I have struggled (super emphasis on this) to find a community that I feel connects me with my culture, my interests,...
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May 13, 20191 min read


I Love Dick
I had mixed feelings while reading Chris Kraus’ I Love Dick. On the one hand, there is an empowerment of woman, on the other there is an...
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May 3, 20192 min read


That This
Susan Howe’s “That This” is a heart-wrenching mind-bender. The handling of time (before and after, past and present, etc) in...
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Apr 20, 20192 min read


Fires in the Mirror
"You realize, man,
ain't no justice, ain't never been no justice,
ain't never gonna be no justice."
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Apr 5, 20193 min read


This Is Not A Novel
Read in the train, it gave me the opportunity to not focus on the individual facts and be in the constant search of who or what they died...
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Mar 18, 20192 min read


MoonMic: An Online Open-Mic
Throughout my journey in NYC and my MFA program I have met incredible people that offer their entire beings into projects they believe...
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Mar 16, 20191 min read


The Complete Maus
The Complete Maus was painful to read and see. The screaming faces of the Jewish mice as they are crying for their lives, the nooses tied...
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Mar 8, 20192 min read


Uncreative Writing
Kenneth Goldsmith’s Uncreative Writing seemed boring. And, well, uncreative, in fact in its appearance and design. That being said, the...
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Feb 22, 20193 min read


Bluets
Bluets is a melancholy love song for the color blue. Nelson shows the variety of meanings attributed to blue: depression, stillness,...
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Feb 8, 20192 min read


The Collected Works of Billy the Kid
“Writers are outlaws.” And though the case may be made by writers that stick to known form and measures as untrue, when it comes to...
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Jan 31, 20193 min read


On Becoming A Writer
Growing up I wanted to be a mermaid/ballerina/astronaut. As far as I can tell, my life hasn't turned out quite like my 6-year-old...
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Jan 22, 20192 min read


Looking for Alaska
John Green has the capacity to tear my soul open and leave me crying for the characters he creates. Looking for Alaska was a wonderful YA...
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Dec 3, 20181 min read


The Princess Diarist
Carrier Fisher sneaks up on you and tells her story vividly as if she were there beside you and telling it aloud. Wets your palate with...
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Nov 24, 20181 min read


We Shall Not Be Moved
“We Shall Not Be Moved” details the struggles of women strikers and the labor union’s fight for recognition, especially in the garment...
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Nov 19, 20182 min read


Bad Feminist
It's not often that I pick up a true non-fiction book. I mean, why would I? One of the reasons I read is to escape my surroundings (have...
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Nov 11, 20181 min read


Salt
The cover is so simple I fought hard with myself on how to best showcase it, finally deciding to let it speak for itself. Personally, I...
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Oct 31, 20181 min read
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