Editor Picks — Our Favourite Posts On CRY

Editor Picks — Our Favourite Posts On CRY

Slight change to how we’re going to do Editor Picks. We’re not timeboxing it anymore. Where we would previously choose our favourite posts from the week before, we’ve decided that time is nothing more than an illusion…kidding.

From now on, though, we’re choosing the pieces that resonate with us most, regardless of when it was published. It could’ve been this week, last week, or last year.

That said, let’s get into it:

Kern

My favourite post is “The Girl Who Made Me Read” by Gustavo Mendez. This is a love story—with books, with literature, with life—and you know love can be turbulent so expect some bumps as you read this story. Favourite excerpt:

I feel broken, worn down, damaged. Rage spills out, it hurts us both, but still Carmen helps me. I meet her daughter, she meets mine. She works so I can quit the call center. I get a part time, go back to school. She tells me to prioritize myself, pushes me to pursue my goals. Whenever she can, however she can. She’s an angel. She’s my angel.

I’m in love again.

Safia

I really enjoyed reading “When People See More in You” by Jayson Kristopher. It’s a story of the internal battle that many writers face as they meet the crossroad between pursuing their craft all in or focusing on another career that guarantees paying the bills. This was my favourite excerpt:

It’s been ten years since I decided not to pursue writing and not a day has gone by that I haven’t thought, “What if?” Thankfully, I never stopped writing. My google drive is filled with colorful stories just waiting for the right canvas, and there isn’t a notebook in my presence that doesn’t have scribbles of prose, openings, and poems. I’m a writer; I always have been and sometimes, I need some reminding.

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