Author Archives: Reynaldo I. Carrasco

Dat New New

This here’s my digital essay y’all. It’s decent (I guess) but yeah…. Read my description and get in the zone.

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How am I doing so far?

I think I’m doing pretty good actually. That conference I had with Professor Kaufman actually really helped. She helped me find a bunch more sources and now I can add a bunch more stuff to my essay. Right now I’d … Continue reading

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“Paris, Tokyo” by Lupe Fiasco

I want you guys to watch this video so you could get an idea of what it’s inspiring me right now. Enjoy!

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Digital Essay

For my digital essay I plan on making a video about the relationship I have with New York City. Through this video I want to show everything the city has to offer and why it’s truly the best city on … Continue reading

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My Heart Resides in Brooklyn

Although I live in Queens now, my heart and soul are still in Brooklyn. I was born and raised there so I guess this isn’t that much of a surprise. My grandparents live there and some of my closest friends … Continue reading

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Frances Trollope <3s New York

My partner and I (Everard Best) are doing our presentation on an excerpt from Frances Trollope’s piece Domestic Manners of the Americans. We’re going to record ourselves talking about the piece using modern English, that way people can understand use … Continue reading

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Revision Plans

Next, I plan on working on my thesis. I feel like I’ve only grasped the idea of my thesis; it isn’t fully there yet. I hope I can find a clear idea of it through more group work. Once I … Continue reading

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Bonnaroo 2012

Bonnaroo is a music and arts festival that takes place every year on a farm in Tennessee. I like to think of it as this generation’s Woodstock and from what I’ve read, that’s exactly what it is. For four days every … Continue reading

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The power of tea.

I’ve been feeling a bit under the weather recently and I found myself with a lot of time at home so I decided to mess around in the kitchen a bit. On Saturday I was feeling the worst from the … Continue reading

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A$AP Rocky and the future of New York City’s rap game.

If you guys haven’t already heard A$AP Rocky, then you should. He’s NYC’s next good rapper and he’s making a real name for himself. He was raised in Harlem and you hear it in his music but he has a Southern … Continue reading

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