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I thought I could smell, faintly like an afterimage, the pungent scent of sweat, shot through with the sweet taint of chewing gum and perfume from the watching girls, felt-skirted as I knew from pictures, later in miniskirts, then pants,
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“Literature is indispensable to the world. The world changes according to the way people see it, and if you alter, even by a millimeter, the way a person looks at reality, then you can change it.”
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“Do I really want to be integrated into a burning house?”
― The Fire Next Time
― The Fire Next Time
“Precisely at the point when you begin to develop a conscience you must find yourself at war with your society.”
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“You think your pain and your heartbreak are unprecedented in the history of the world, but then you read.”
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“Colour is not a human or a personal reality; it is a political reality.”
― The Fire Next Time
― The Fire Next Time
Book Riot's Read Harder Challenge
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An annual reading challenge to to help you stretch your reading limits and explore new voices, worlds, and genres! The challenge begins in January, bu ...more
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
Jessica’s 2024 Year in Books
Take a look at Jessica’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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108 friends
86 books
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66 friends
1,182 books
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365 friends
432 books
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62 friends
194 books
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33 friends
350 books
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135 friends
394 books
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60 friends
624 books
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343 friends
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