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Jun 1, 20191 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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May 18, 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 3, 20192 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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Apr 20, 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 5, 20193 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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Mar 18, 20192 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 8, 20192 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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Feb 22, 20193 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 8, 20192 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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Jan 31, 20193 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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Dec 3, 20181 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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Nov 24, 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 19, 20182 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 11, 20181 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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Oct 31, 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 14, 20181 min read
Petrichor
/ˈpeˌtrīkôr/ a pleasant smell that frequently accompanies the first rain after a long period of warm, dry weather. This is the first work...
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Oct 5, 20182 min read
Turtles All the Way Down
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...
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Sep 24, 20181 min read
The Secret Life of Bees
I found this book in a box hiding in my closet this past month while reorganizing my room. It was stuck between my Japanese for...
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Sep 10, 20181 min read
Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe
I suppose I should begin by thanking a close friend, O—, for bringing this book to my attention. During a conversation with her I managed...
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Aug 30, 20181 min read
The House on Mango Street
I remember reading a chapter in elementary preparing for the state standardized tests and answering some simple multiple choice question...
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