When I started this blog I was overwhelmed with the reading required for my major. My brain struggled to decode these older texts and by my 3rd year in college, I decided to mix in young adults novels in between reads. Young adult novels have become very diverse and with the rise of Own Voices... Continue Reading →
You’re going to wish you read The Poet X Sooner
This book is written in a series of vignettes by renowned slam poet Elizabeth Acevedo and follows the life of a young Dominican American girl from Harlem. The Poet X is prefect for lovers of poetry and slam poets. “I only know that learning to believe in the power of my own words has been... Continue Reading →