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: White European) poetry...

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 witness to. But, it w...

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

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 obvious removal of p...

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

"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 about, but to read ...

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

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 around their necks ...

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

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

“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 hybrid literature the wri...

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 imagination thought it woul...

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 story that I could ...

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 juicy details about h...

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

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 you seen the news la...

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 enjoy the simple cove...

/ˈpeˌtrīkôr/ a pleasant smell that frequently accompanies the first rain after a long period of warm, dry weather. This is the first work Paola de Varona has...

I bought the book the same week it came out, and finished it all in about 4-5 hours. But I didn't end the book in tears. I ended with a sigh. Not of boredom,...