Big Books of Summer
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Alyssa’s favorite books

The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde Sister Outsider by Audre Lorde A Small Place by Jamaica Kincaid The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood La lumière blanche by Anique Poitras Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho NW by Zadie Smith Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Red Sparrow by Jason Matthews The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt
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“The thing you are most
afraid to write

Write that.”
― Nayyirah Waheed, Salt
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“I am the sole author of the dictionary that defines me.”
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“The past is always tense, the future perfect.”
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“The very reason I write is so that I might not sleepwalk through my entire life.”
― Zadie Smith
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