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Maybe the worst part about growing up in public housing is that people think your body is public too. That even before you are born, your Black body already belongs to the owners of the land.
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“Tell me,
what is it you plan to do
with your one
wild and precious life?”
―
what is it you plan to do
with your one
wild and precious life?”
―
“Anything can make you vulnerable to name-calling, and those names cut into the skin sometimes, enter the bloodstream. Somehow that summer, I stumbled upon an important fact about naming: it also has the power to build people up.”
― Last Summer on State Street
― Last Summer on State Street
“With everything in me screaming No! yet the sum of me sighed Yes.”
― Giovanni’s Room
― Giovanni’s Room
Literary Fiction by People of Color
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This can include genre fiction that is literary (e.g. speculative fiction, historical fiction, etc.), as long as it's written by a person of color (Af ...more
Poetry Readers Challenge
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Let's talk about poetry books. This group's members read poetry collections, with the goal of reviewing twenty in a year. C'mon. Do it. It's good for ...more
Hallie’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Hallie’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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