Tag: reading
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My Summer Reading List
I have come to accept I will never be one of those people who reads ten books per month… or five books per month. Some months I read one book—two if they are both really good—and sometimes I go two months without reading a single book. While it would make sense for me to shut…
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Edwidge Danticat: Everything Inside
I really wanted to have a list of amazing things to say about this short story collection. I really have enjoyed all of Danticat’s work that I’ve read thus far, but nothing really stood out to me in this one. Unlike Roxane Gay’s Ayiti where I was caught up in almost every story, the stories…
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A New Month and Struggling with Self-Doubt
You ever wish there was a pill you could swallow and your whole life would magically morph into what you’ve always imagined it should be? Yea, me too. The thing about our imaginations, though, is that they are never as good as the best possible outcome, so creating the life we imagine is actually quite…
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What Did I Write This Month?
8 blog posts (including this one) 11 journal entries 1 million words worth of work-related cover letters, applications, emails, texts, and notes 1/2 of a short story and a sprinkling of texts to friends and family so they know I’m still alive. This month has been a bit of a challenge mentally, which is ironic…
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Roxane Gay: Ayiti
Is this really the first book I’ve finished this year? Quite possibly, but all the months have basically run together at this point, so…. Ayiti! May is Haitian Heritage Month (today is Haitian Flag Day!), and Ayiti has been on my TBR list ever since I read Difficult Women, so I figured I should finally…
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What is My Writing Process?
Hint: I don’t have one… and that’s what I would like to change. It’s difficult to embrace new habits when your world is shifting. I don’t function at my best when I feel unstable. I work best when I feel secure, so when things change (especially a lot at once) it can be difficult for…
Christine Gabrièlle 