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Yvettte and Rose 2025/09/30I'm so glad to be back to reading this collection! Yvette and Rose are young adult sisters living with their single mother. The story begins with preparing for a hurricane, an almost mundane thing for which they've been thr ...more "
“In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on.”
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“People say that life is the thing, but I prefer reading.”
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“As my mother once said: The boys throw stones at the frogs in jest.
But the frogs die in earnest.”
― The Female Man
But the frogs die in earnest.”
― The Female Man
“An expert is a person who has made all the mistakes that can be made in a very narrow field.”
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“And on the subject of burning books: I want to congratulate librarians, not famous for their physical strength or their powerful political connections or their great wealth, who, all over this country, have staunchly resisted anti-democratic bullies who have tried to remove certain books from their shelves, and have refused to reveal to thought police the names of persons who have checked out those titles.
So the America I loved still exists, if not in the White House or the Supreme Court or the Senate or the House of Representatives or the media. The America I love still exists at the front desks of our public libraries.”
― A Man Without a Country
So the America I loved still exists, if not in the White House or the Supreme Court or the Senate or the House of Representatives or the media. The America I love still exists at the front desks of our public libraries.”
― A Man Without a Country
The Short Story Club
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The purpose of this group is to read and discuss one short story a week. For the the first couple of years, we read from specific anthologies, but fro ...more
What next, now notifications are reduced, DMs abolished, so GR is dying?
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— last activity Jan 04, 2026 10:16AM
On 20 Sept 2024, GR removed the option for email notifications, without telling users (unless they looked at the "help" page). In-app/web notification ...more
The Poetry Collective
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— last activity 15 hours, 25 min ago
Welcome! Here poetry readers unite to share and discuss a single poem a week. ( Note: currently we are not discussing original poetry promoted by t ...more
On the Southern Literary Trail
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— last activity Jan 07, 2026 08:03PM
Whether you prefer Faulkner, O'Connor, McCullers or more recent authors of Southern Literature such as Clyde Edgerton, Tom Franklin, William Gay, or M ...more
Augustus -buddy read
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— last activity Apr 11, 2025 03:34PM
Buddy read of Augustus - John Williams
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