Zélia Rafael
zelie84.bsky.social
Zélia Rafael
@zelie84.bsky.social
Doctoral candidate in English at the University of Iceland.
Walt Whitman, Race, Cancel Culture. American History and Culture.
Poetry lover, horror fan, reading into the myths we create.
https://theinfamousacademic.com/
After a long time without posting, here my latest.
This is what I imagine Lucifer, the Black slave from an early version of "The Sleepers," would tell Whitman if he had the chance. Whitman removed him from print, but he could never really delete his presence.
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Lucifer Writes Back
I was in a class about teaching writing today, and this came out as an answer to a prompt made of four words: sand, gold, blind, sea. These words reminded me of Whitman’s poem “Starting…
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October 12, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Reposted by Zélia Rafael
– Joel Davis, 'In a Grain of Sand'

#NorthSeaPoets #CommonplaceBook #PoetrySky
May 20, 2025 at 10:01 AM
A great show with great actors and a great plot, "La Liberación" dropped on January 17th, and is well worth the watch. Read more about it in my blog!
Increíble serie sobre la situación de las mujeres! Recomiendo como 1000% Más en mi blog!

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La Liberación” (2025): #MeToo, Patriarquía, y Repetición Historica
Imagen sacada de Postertrail. Contiene Spoilers! El 17 de Enero del 2025 estrenó en Amazon Prime México la serie “La Liberación,” de Alejandra Marquez Abella. Mientras toca el tema del …
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February 20, 2025 at 7:36 PM