“Look how beautifully black we are. And as we dance, I am not Melody who is sixteen, I am not my parents’ once illegitimate daughter—I am a narrative, someone’s almost forgotten story. Remembered.”
― Red at the Bone
― Red at the Bone
“You always seek to control others when you are not in full ownership of yourself.”
― Just as I Am
― Just as I Am
“How slender, how fragile, the foundations of an empire. Take away the centre, and what’s left? A gasping periphery, baseless, powerless, cut down at the roots.”
― Babel
― Babel
“When you give yourself away, when you surrender yourself as a divine vessel, … you impact lives eternally.”
― Just as I Am
― Just as I Am
“I love that people think the world is even halfway ready for what we about to bring.”
― Red at the Bone
― Red at the Bone
all things books!
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This group is for organizing booktube videos, buddy reads, live streams, readathons, and games of course :) We also are going to start having books o ...more
The Iqra Trials
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Black Readers Con
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Black Readers Con is a three-day event to enhance & amplify the voices of Black Readers & the Book Clubs they love. We are planning our second confere ...more
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