It might be time to dust off this blog. I haven’t been journaling offline, so perhaps writing here might help me get back in the habit. I recently received a promotion at my job and I’m hoping that this will give me content to discuss. Or maybe I’ll just talk about my new quarantine obsession: … Continue reading
Tag Archives: poetry
Hurston/Wright, Poetry & Jericho Brown
Last weekend I spent time on Howard’s campus workshopping poetry and learning from Jericho Brown. Along with the poetry workshop, fiction and nonfiction writers were also there to work on their craft for a weekend organized by the Hurston/Wright Foundation. In one of his lectures, Jericho talked about identity, more specifically, identifying as a poet … Continue reading
One Chapter, One Poem: Ruffin, Abdurraqib, and Parker
Listen to some of my thoughts on these three books. Continue reading
The Tradition
I’m reading The Tradition by Jericho Brown and it is definitely a book you want read in April. Listen to some of my opinions on Anchor. Side-note: I’d love arcs of the other four poetry books in my top five. Just putting it out there. Continue reading
The Holds List: January
I’m excited to get my reading started for 2019, so I’ve put holds on books that are coming out this month. Right now I’m reading books from 2018, but by the end of the month I want to focus on reading books from the current year, instead of lagging behind. Check out my holds list* … Continue reading