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"“About gender, then, it is not only important to dislodge from grammar and linguistics a sociological category that does not speak its name. It is also very important to consider how gender works in language, how gender works upon language, before considering how it works from there upon its users.”" — Jul 03, 2026 12:58PM
"“About gender, then, it is not only important to dislodge from grammar and linguistics a sociological category that does not speak its name. It is also very important to consider how gender works in language, how gender works upon language, before considering how it works from there upon its users.”" — Jul 03, 2026 12:58PM
“He was sobbing, it would have been said, as though his heart would break.”
― Giovanni’s Room
― Giovanni’s Room
“For now, we will watch the seagulls swallow paper, Appa and I. We will laugh and laugh, because the snow is still soft and we are still here.”
― Postcards
― Postcards
“There is no such thing as luck, I told him. Luck is just readiness that meets opportunity.”
― Four Treasures of the Sky
― Four Treasures of the Sky
“Back then, the mornings were warm and melting, the kind that invited light.”
― Postcards
― Postcards
“this body
is home, my childhood
is buried here, my sleep
rises and sets inside,
desire
crested and wore itself thin
between these bones—
I live here.”
― The Private Life: Poems
is home, my childhood
is buried here, my sleep
rises and sets inside,
desire
crested and wore itself thin
between these bones—
I live here.”
― The Private Life: Poems
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