Hello all, and welcome to August’s edition of Belle Lettres, featuring Jhumpa Lahiri. Lahiri is a short story writer, an essayist, and a novelist. Lahiri won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 2000, and she was appointed by President Obama to be a member of the President’s Committee on the Arts and Humanities. Lahiri — who goes by her […]
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Hello, fellow Germs! Summertime is in full swing, and I hope you are enjoying the season. For the July edition of Belle Lettres, we will be focusing on Danzy Senna. Senna is an essayist and a novelist who is best known for her debut novel, Caucasia. Senna has published a short story collection as well as […]
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Welcome back to another edition of Belle Lettres, my fellow Germs! Summertime is upon us, which means summer break from classes, new adventures, and enjoying time with family and friends. For the month of June, we will be focusing on Marjane Satrapi. Satrapi is a graphic novelist (although she prefers the term comic book artist), […]
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Hello, and welcome back to another edition of Belle Lettres! The Belle for the month of May is Sandra Cisneros. Cisneros is a poet, novelist, and short story writer. Her writings explore subjects that are based on her personal experiences growing up, such as economic inequalities and forming one’s identity between two cultures. Her coming-of-age […]
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Hello, Germs, and welcome back to another edition of Belle Lettres! For this month, we will be spotlighting Octavia Butler. Butler was an American science fiction author who broke into a world that was mostly dominated by white male writers. Her widely known works are Kindred and her Patternist series. She was also the first science fiction […]
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Happy March, my fellow Germs! I hope that you all are doing well and are looking forward to the spring. For this month’s Belle Lettres, the focus will be on some up-and-coming women writers in honor of Women’s History Month. Usually, Belle Lettres centers around writers of the past and present; however, I believe it’s important […]
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Welcome back to another edition of Belle Lettres. This month’s spotlight is on Pauline Hopkins — an American journalist, playwright, editor and novelist. Hopkins is recognized as a pioneer for using romance novels to discuss social and racial themes. W.E.B. DuBois was considered a major influence on her work. Pauline Elizabeth Hopkins was born in […]
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February 6, 2016: The day Beyoncé dropped her new single and video, “Formation.” The surprise song was definitely a surprise to me, but then again, dropping surprise singles has become Beyoncé’s forte at this point. There’s no denying that the timing was perfect. It’s Black History Month, and she released new music on the eve of Super Bowl […]
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I first came across Reyna Biddy through Tumblr. (Side note: I have to say, Tumblr is a cool place to find some awesome writers.) What caught my attention on her blog was her writing. Her advice on friendships, relationships in general, and self-love was refreshing. It took me by surprise when I found out that she […]
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