32,414 books
—
123,453 voters
“scooby doo was trying to tell us something when every time that monster mask got snatched off it was a greedy white dude.”
― Homie
― Homie
“If you’re black in this country you’re presumed guilty. Or, to come back to Abdel, who’s a schoolteacher and thinks a lot about children, you’re not allowed to be innocent. The eyes and heart of a nation are not avoidable things. The imagination of a country is not an avoidable thing. And the negreeting, back home, where we are mostly never seen, is a way of witnessing each other’s innocence—a way of saying, “I see your innocence.” And my brother-not-brother ignoring me in his nice red kicks? Maybe he’s going a step further. Maybe he’s imagining a world—this one a street in Bloomington, Indiana—where his unions are not based on deprivation and terror. Not a huddling together. Maybe he’s refusing the premise of our un-innocence entirely and so feels no need to negreet. And in this way proclaims our innocence. Maybe.”
― The Book of Delights: Essays
― The Book of Delights: Essays
“& how many times have you loved me without my asking? how often have i loved a thing because you loved it? including me”
― Homie
― Homie
“i want to say something without saying it
but there’s no time. i’m waiting for a few folks
i love dearly to die so i can be myself.
please don’t make me say who.”
― Homie
but there’s no time. i’m waiting for a few folks
i love dearly to die so i can be myself.
please don’t make me say who.”
― Homie
“what animorph did you want to be? i wanted to be the boy who turned into the bird limp in the dog’s wet mouth, holding me toward his human saying, i made this for you.”
― Homie
― Homie
Kayla’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Kayla’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
More friends…
Favorite Genres
Polls voted on by Kayla
Lists liked by Kayla

















































