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Mark Oshiro

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October 23, 1983

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MARK OSHIRO is the queer Latinx, Hugo-nominated writer of the online Mark Does Stuff universe (Mark Reads and Mark Watches), where he analyzes book and TV series. He was the nonfiction editor of Queers Destroy Science Fiction! and the co-editor of Speculative Fiction 2015, and is the President of the Con or Bust Board of Directors. When not writing/recording reviews or editing, Oshiro engages in social activism online and offline. Anger is a Gift is his debut YA contemporary fiction novel.

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	Anger Is a Gift really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 6,450 ratings — published 2018 — 17 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Each of Us a Desert 3.84 avg rating — 1,528 ratings — published 2020 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Into the Light 3.96 avg rating — 1,365 ratings — published 2023 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Insiders 4.14 avg rating — 1,275 ratings — published 2021 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	You Only Live Once, David Bravo 4.06 avg rating — 395 ratings — published 2022 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mark Reads Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 4.42 avg rating — 265 ratings — published 2012 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Jasmine Is Haunted 3.99 avg rating — 265 ratings — published 2024 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Star Wars Hunters: Battle for the Arena 3.44 avg rating — 233 ratings — published 2023 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mark Reads Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets 4.32 avg rating — 111 ratings — published 2012 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mark Reads Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire 4.37 avg rating — 99 ratings — published 2012 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Anger is a gift. Remember that." She stood. "You gotta grasp onto it, hold it tight and use it as ammunition. You use that anger to get things done instead of just stewing in it.”
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“It's an insidious thing," Wanda said. "It never happens overnight. This kind of thing crept into our community a long time ago. It latched on. It fed on prejudice. Selfishness. Peoples inability to see life through someone else's eyes. And it grew, bigger and bigger, until we got to a point where some people don't even question why a cop should be allowed to shoot first and ask questions later.”
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tags: anger-is-a-gift, cops, gun-control, laws, police, police-brutality, protest, racism, rebellion

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“But we just wanted to go to school." Her voice broke again. "I'm sixteen. I shouldn't have to beg for that. But we just want to get to class without fearing for our lives.”
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tags: anger-is-a-gift, brutality, death, fear, gun-control, life, lives, police-brutality, school, shooting

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Mar 22, 2014 11:47PM

Your Mark-Reads and Mark-Watches are one of the best things I look forward to online. Your analyses about the Sh*tlight Saga had been cathartic for me. Your ASoIaF readings were also a delight. I'm so happy you're watching Veronica Mars and Supernatural. I do believe SPN will be very riveting for you, especially since you have fascinating ideas about religion and spiritual faith in general, and being an atheist yourself has made you more open-minded than most devouts I know. Thanks for adding me back and keep up the good work :D

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message 1: by Aaron

Jul 13, 2013 06:15PM

If you haven't read Saga yet...read Saga from Brian K. Vaughn.

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