Work

I’ve been meaning to write about work and so here it is.

American Indeed

Back in college, one of my friends took a comic books class where he had to read “American Born Chinese” by Gene Luen Yang. He raved about it just enough that years later, I remembered the title and put it on hold at the library. This is the first book I started and finished this year and it is probably going to set the tone for the rest of my 2018 reading.

Reading Goals for 2018

I’m not ashamed to say it: I don’t read that many books in any given year. I’m one of those people that takes forever to finish a book because I have to think about it. However, this year, I’m going to try to read as many books as I can.

We’re Basically the Same Mexican

I don’t think any other book has quite captured my anguished, pissed, etc. side quite like Erika L. Sánchez’s “I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter.” It’s definitely one of the best YA books I’ve ever read.

Same, Sherman

Sherman Alexie is the first writer of color that I ever read besides Frederick Douglass, and I didn’t read him until college. He and his writing have been immensely influential and this book about his mom completely captivated me. 

Shero: Marley Dias

I hope you’ve heard of Marley Diaz by now. Why? Because she’s freakin’ amazing.

Mentors

Like a lot of people of color, I had difficulty finding mentors when I was a student. I had some really amazing teachers all throughout my schooling, but I never had a close relationship with any of them. There was no one to help me, no one to talk to, and no one to relate to. And our backgrounds had a lot to do with it. That’s some of my favorite writers of color have become what I like to call at-a-distance mentors.

And She’s Back

Wow. Muchísimas gracias (many thanks) to everyone for stopping by and reading my blog while I’ve been away! I really appreciate everyone for taking the time to check out this little blog of mine. As you can probably tell, I’ve been absent for a couple of months. But, as always, I have excuses. So many excuses.

Would You Rather Book Tag

Hi everyone! I was tagged by Amy at Curiouser and Curiouser for the Would You Rather Book Tag. Thanks so much Amy! This was a fun, quick tag, and I’ve also tagged a couple of people to do this. So let’s get to it!

About That Writing Project

Hey guys! So remember a couple of posts back, when I said I was sort of working on a writing project?