After starting in Athens, our adventure through Greece’s Ionian Coast continued. Corinth Canal We took a charter bus with our local guide from EF Ultimate Break and stopped at the Corinth Canal to take a picture. At the time, I hadn’t realized what an engineering feat this channel is. I only recently learned through workingContinueContinue reading “Wanderlust: Greece – Corinth Canal, Mycenae & Epidaurus”
Author Archives: Meagan Kimberly
Behind the Poems: Contra Pelo
I had the great honor of having this poem featured in the inaugural publication of Latino Book Review in 2019. Growing up I always felt self-conscious of my curly, frizzy hair. I tried to keep it under control, slicked back with hair gel. Or I would have my mom spend hours straightening it with aContinueContinue reading “Behind the Poems: Contra Pelo”
Revising Book Reviews for Re-Reads
Have you ever re-read a book and thought twice about your initial review of it? I have. Sometimes I come back to a book feeling that I liked it better the second time around. Does that mean I increase my rating? Other times I realize I missed a lot of problematic aspects now that I’mContinueContinue reading “Revising Book Reviews for Re-Reads”
From A Shadow Grave Book Review
Disclaimer: Some of the links in my review for From A Shadow Grave by Andi C. Buchanan are affiliate links. If you click them to make a purchase I will earn a commission. The decision of whether or not to buy something is completely up to you. A version of this book review first appearedContinueContinue reading “From A Shadow Grave Book Review”
Starfall Ranch Book Review
Disclaimer: Some of the links in my review for Starfall Ranch by California Dawes are affiliate links. If you click them to make a purchase I will earn a commission. The decision of whether or not to buy something is completely up to you. A version of this book review first appeared in The Lesbrary.ContinueContinue reading “Starfall Ranch Book Review”
Wanderlust: Athens, Greece
During my travel year in 2019, my trip to Greece started and ended in Athens, the capital. The juxtaposition of ancient ruins within a cosmopolitan city makes the longstanding history stand out. Even in the middle of the city, you still find archaeological sites. Walking Tour of Athens Our tour guide walked us around theContinueContinue reading “Wanderlust: Athens, Greece”
How Sex Changed the Internet Book Review
Disclaimer: Some of the links in my review for How Sex Changed the Internet and the Internet Changed Sex: An Unexpected History by Samantha Cole are affiliate links. If you click them to make a purchase I will earn a commission. The decision of whether or not to buy something is completely up to you.ContinueContinue reading “How Sex Changed the Internet Book Review”
Behind the Poems: Binary Code
The next poem in my Behind the Poems series is “Binary Code” originally published on Burning House Press. Bilingual bisexual bi-cultural. Ones and zeroes. DNA.Make a single switch or delete a digit and I become another. 01100010A Spanglish dictionary embedded en mi cerebro, flippingpages back and forth and sometimes pegándose. 01101001Dark brown curls cascading fromContinueContinue reading “Behind the Poems: Binary Code”
TBR List Woes: It’s OK to Cut Ties With Books
I browsed through my Goodreads TBR list a couple of months ago to see what I wanted to buy with my Barnes & Noble birthday coupon. I ended up deleting several books from my list. I’m not the same person I was when I added them to my TBR years ago. It doesn’t mean they’dContinueContinue reading “TBR List Woes: It’s OK to Cut Ties With Books”