It is an unquestionable fact that music has had a great impact on humanity throughout the entirety of our existence on this planet. There are people who like to listen to music, people who are inspired by it, people who make music, and a small select few who may not…

This past week as I finished reading the second half of Their Eyes Were Watching God, I came across a unique intersection of two areas of my studies- English and biology. Hurston’s narration of Janie and Tea Cake’s precarious flee from the hurricane left me unsettled for several reasons with…

Pheoby Watson Hurston’s Their Eyes Were Watching God is a story which undoubtedly explores some somber concepts. …

Outsider’s Privilege I’ve carried a little pit in my stomach this week. It began as just a tiny twinge on Wednesday when I read Countee Cullen’s Incident. …

Palatability This past week, I really got a feel for the friction between two prominent African American writers we looked at in class. On the one hand, you have Booker T. Washington- a man born into slavery who escaped with his life and beat the odds to obtain an education…

The Misery of The Matriarchs Reading the narrative of Frederick Douglass this past week induced in me the feeling of many different emotions, but few came close to the absolutely gut-wrenching one I had when Douglass described what they did to his grandmother. She was really left in her frail…

The Requirement of Boldness In a separate English course this past week, we had an assignment that required us to analyze and discuss some of our core values. I distinctly remember a peer mentioning that boldness was a core value for him and I was taken aback, as the value…

The Unintentional Censorship of Brer Rabbit This week we read a lot of texts in class, but I did not connect with all of them like I did particularly with the Brer Rabbit readings. When I was younger, I distinctly remember hearing and reading the tales of Brer Rabbit and…