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“He tried to hate all of humanity for being so fragile and ephemeral but he couldn't keep it up because hating everyone is the same as hating no one.”
― Cadáver exquisito
― Cadáver exquisito
“There's the potentiality for other choices to be made in how we relate to discomfort. When there is space around the difficulty, we have agency.”
― Black and Buddhist: What Buddhism Can Teach Us about Race, Resilience, Transformation, and Freedom
― Black and Buddhist: What Buddhism Can Teach Us about Race, Resilience, Transformation, and Freedom
“The human being is the cause of all evil in this world. We are our own virus.”
― Tender Is the Flesh
― Tender Is the Flesh
“There is something about her he'd like to break”
― Tender Is the Flesh
― Tender Is the Flesh
“I don't get why a person's smile is considered attractive. When someone smiles, they're showing their skeleton.”
― Tender Is the Flesh
― Tender Is the Flesh
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
Great African Reads
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Here is an overview of the group reads & activities: Regional reads Nominations and Book discussions. Buddy Reads Find someone to read along with!. Sh ...more
Around the World in 80 Books
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Reading takes you places. Where in the world will your next book take you? If you love world literature, translated works, travel writing, or explorin ...more
Mocha Girls Read
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We are a group of black women who love to read, want to read more and meet like-minded women. #mochagirlsread Join Us in person: https://www.meetup.c ...more
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