Johanna Piard, Author at The Reporter: The Student Newspaper at Miami Dade College

The Jeffersons And Real America

December 5, 2016 Johanna Piard Miami Book Fair, Authors, Literature, Thomas Jefferson

My eyes burned from held-back tears on Nov. 9 when it was proclaimed that Donald J. Trump was the new president-elect. I felt so powerless, unvalued and little. With the Miami Book Fair rapidly approaching, it was hard to find the willpower to engage in an event that I… Read the rest at our website.

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The Sun Will Rise: The Sterility Of The Millennial Generation

November 4, 2016 Johanna Piard Opinion, Millennials, Literature, Hemingway

After a busy year of papers, lectures and exams, I decided to take advantage of my summer break to catch up on books I’ve procrastinated to read. Some of these books included Voltaire’s Candide, Kafka’s The Trial, Tennessee Williams’ The Glass Menagerie and A Streetcar Named Desire, just to… Read the rest at our website.

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Summer Radar Reading List

April 21, 2015 Johanna Piard 0 Comments Books, reading

#1 Paper Towns by John Green All his life, Quentin Jacobsen has been lusting for the unpredictable Margo Roth Spiegelman from afar. But never would he have imagined that one night she would climb into his window in a ninja get up with a proposition for revenge. After their… Read the rest at our website.

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Catching Readers With The Sea Light

February 17, 2015 Johanna Piard 0 Comments book review

The mindboggling and distinguished author, Edwidge Danticat, once again graces readers with her eloquent script and an enriching fable in her newest publication, Claire of the Sea Light. This novel is set in Ville Rose, a small sea town in Haiti where a fisherman’s daughter named Claire Limye Lanme… Read the rest at our website.

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Fifty Shades of Grey Turns Fans Into Fifty Shades of Red

February 3, 2015 Johanna Piard 0 Comments

In celebration to the upcoming film, I spent my week reveling in The New York Times best seller, E.L. James’ Fifty Shades of Grey and I have to say that after reading it a second time I did not warm up to the story’s protagonist, Anastasia Steele, right away.… Read the rest at our website.

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The Almighty Gun Or The Almighty Dollar?

November 11, 2014 Johanna Piard

In the past few years, there have been too many crimes that have involved firearms. From the shooting at Fort Hood in Killeen, Texas on April 2, 2009 to the rampage that broke near Santa Barbara University in California on May 24. On October 24, a school shooting occurred… Read the rest at our website.

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From Paperback to E-Book: Where Will The Digital World Take Us?

September 19, 2014 Johanna Piard

I would be lying if I said e-reader tablets were not marvelous devices. After all, it’s every bookworm’s dream to have access to thousands of reading materials at the tip of their finger. Tablets and e-readers are convenient because they are easier to travel with and are environmentally friendly.Indeed,… Read the rest at our website.

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The Importance Of Reading

August 25, 2014 Johanna Piard

When was the last time you read a book? Honestly? Whatever your answer is, there is nothing to be ashamed of. For many people, it’s been years since they picked one up. This has become the sad reality for our generation. We live in an age now where looking… Read the rest at our website.

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