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Stone Butch Blues

by Leslie Feinberg

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read in June 2020

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arden said: " This novel felt timeless and will remain so. The experiences detailed transgress the line of comfort and force the reader to notice the daily struggles of living in uncertainty. "

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Everyone in This Bank Is a Thief (Ernest Cunningham, #4)

by Benjamin Stevenson (Goodreads Author)

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The Man Who Died Seven Times

by Yasuhiko Nishizawa

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“Just as some cultures have a hundred words for 'snow,' there should be a hundred words in our language for all the ways a black boy can lie awake at night.”
― Saeed Jones, How We Fight For Our Lives

tags: black-boy, culture, identity, race

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“I felt like I had made the mistake of asking a fortune-teller to look into my future, and now I was being punished for trying to look too far ahead.”
― Saeed Jones, How We Fight For Our Lives

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“The sweetness we deny ourselves because the world is wailing.”
― Saeed Jones, How We Fight For Our Lives

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“That's the most intelligent use of three wishes I ever heard of," he told the bird. "You made sure you'd still have something worth wishing for- to get out of the cage.”
― Kurt Vonnegut Jr., Breakfast of Champions

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“I made myself a promise: Even if it meant becoming a stranger to my loved ones, even if it meant keeping secrets, I would have a life of my own.”
― Saeed Jones, How We Fight For Our Lives

tags: autonomy, family, life

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