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Context: This week, many in the U.S. will be lighting fireworks in celebration of "freedom." But for others -- especially Black,...

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

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:...

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...

Since leaving Miami I have struggled (super emphasis on this) to find a community that I feel connects me with my culture, my interests,...

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...

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

"You realize, man, ain't no justice, ain't never been no justice, ain't never gonna be no justice."

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...

Throughout my journey in NYC and my MFA program I have met incredible people that offer their entire beings into projects they believe...

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...

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

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

“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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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...

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...