Quito, Ecuador, 2011. Photo by Meagan Kimberly In August 2011 I visited my father's home country of Ecuador for the first time. I remember my excitement when I booked the airplane tickets for my dad, my mom, and me. Then the day came and boarding the plane to leave the country for the first timeContinue reading "Wanderlust: Ecuador"
Meagan Reads Nonfiction: Hunger: A Memoir of (my) Body by Roxane Gay
I've started contributing to my cousin's blog. Here's my first post on her site! Hunger: A Memoir of (my) Body by Roxane Gay, Harper Collins, 2017 Hi everyone! I’m a new contributor to Chronicles of a Music Journalist, as requested by my cousin. My name’s Meagan and I’ll start my debut here with a reviewContinue reading "Meagan Reads Nonfiction: Hunger: A Memoir of (my) Body by Roxane Gay"
Sharing from the Drabble
By Keith Hoerner I stand at the kitchen sink washing the one thing I took from home after you died: The Madonna and Child statue I meditated on kneeling before you being beaten, traumatized, loving you, year after year. I wash it gently, remembering the time you unknowingly soaked a statue of St. Joseph carved […]Continue reading "Sharing from the Drabble"
Keeping Time
Another old assignment from my undergrad years as a creative writing major at UCF. “Again Daddy, again,” Susie laughed as her father, Frank, finished waltzing her around their private garden. The array of flowers changed from side to side, surrounding the father and his daughter with pink and red roses, white and purple carnations, aromaticContinue reading "Keeping Time"
Why It’s Important to Diversify Your Reading
A never-ending stack of books (Image by Free-Photos from Pixabay) I've spent the last two and a half years reading for a book challenge my best friend and I decided to take on. She's a much faster reader than I am and finished in about a year. It was the first time I'd ever doneContinue reading "Why It’s Important to Diversify Your Reading"
Growing Up With Anne of Green Gables
It took me a little over two years, but I finally finished the 26 book reading challenge! I ended the two-year endeavor with the category "a book you love, read it again," with Anne of Green Gables. I read this book so many times between 4th and 6th grade that I lost count of howContinue reading "Growing Up With Anne of Green Gables"
Out of Line — Christy Leos
Sharing this poignant piece from a writer I just started following. kneeling on the line head down a nod to fallen comrades lovers sisters brothers fathers mothers sons daughters friends defying the red white blue facade the home of the free is a lie at home huddles of angry people are quick to condemn thoseContinue reading "Out of Line — Christy Leos"
Little things you can do to help asexual and aromantic people
This isn't exactly to do with what I usually post, but I felt it was important to share, as inclusion is something I strive for in writing and reading as well. Source: Little things you can do to help asexual and aromantic people
Meagan Reads YA Fantasy: Labyrinth Lost by Zoraida Cordova
I finished reading the first in the Brooklyn Brujas series, Labyrinth Lost, a few days ago. I decided to sit on my experience for a bit before writing about it. I want to talk about how I discovered the book in the first place. Thanks to various Goodreads book giveaways, the novel was put onContinue reading "Meagan Reads YA Fantasy: Labyrinth Lost by Zoraida Cordova"