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“We are running out of time, the earth is ravaged, our bodies are indefinite; Lorraine reminds us to make use of each moment.”
― Looking for Lorraine: The Radiant and Radical Life of Lorraine Hansberry
― Looking for Lorraine: The Radiant and Radical Life of Lorraine Hansberry
“It [i.e. disability justice] means we are not left behind; we are beloved, kindred, needed.”
― Care Work: Dreaming Disability Justice
― Care Work: Dreaming Disability Justice
“I don't need an overseas enemy / I have a father”
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“Love between two people is up close, disheveled - a melange of past, present, future love and acrimony. And this is how I must love my mother. Love her the way I want her to love my father again.”
― Love War Stories
― Love War Stories
“My life seems to be an increasing revelation of the intimate face of universal struggle. You begin with your family and the kids on the block, and next you open your eyes to what you call your people and that leads you into land reform into Black English into Angola leads you back into your own bed where you lie by yourself, wondering if you deserve to be peaceful, or trusted or desired or left to the freedom of your own unfaltering heart. And the scale shrinks to the size of a skull: your own interior cage.”
― Some of Us Did Not Die: New and Selected Essays
― Some of Us Did Not Die: New and Selected Essays
Black Prose Book Club (Formerly A Seat at the Table Book Club)
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Welcome to Black Prose Book Club! Representation is soooo important and supporting black authors who write about black characters is essential to maki ...more
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