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Jason Shirk
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To Paradise
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What he wouldn’t know until he was much older was that no one was ever free, that to know someone and to love them was to assume the task of remembering them, even if that person was still living. No one could escape that duty, and as you
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“In an instant of sudden, vivid clarity, he can’t believe he ever thought he was straight.”
― Red, White & Royal Blue
― Red, White & Royal Blue
“The most we can do is to write—intelligently, creatively, critically, evocatively—about what it is like living in the world at this time.”
― Insomniac City: New York, Oliver, and Me
― Insomniac City: New York, Oliver, and Me
“I’m not serious, but I’m good so what difference does it make?”
― Didion and Babitz
― Didion and Babitz
“There’s a boy across the river with an ass like a peach; alas I was no swimmer and lost my Clementine.”
― Naked Lunch: The Restored Text
― Naked Lunch: The Restored Text
“Now of all the bonds between homosexual friends, none was greater than that between the friends who danced together. The friend you danced with, when you had no lover, was the most important person in your life; and for people who went without lovers for years, that was all they had.”
― Dancer from the Dance: A Novel
― Dancer from the Dance: A Novel
Jason’s 2024 Year in Books
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223 books
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589 books
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256 books
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