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Often, being a person of color in white-dominated society is like being in an abusive relationship with the world. Every day is a new little hurt, a new little dehumanization.
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“There’s no hierarchy of pain. Suffering shouldn’t be ranked, because pain is not a contest.”
― Maybe You Should Talk to Someone: A Therapist, Her Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed
― Maybe You Should Talk to Someone: A Therapist, Her Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed
“You’re overthinking it.’ ‘I have anxiety. I have no other type of thinking available.”
― The Midnight Library
― The Midnight Library
“The only way to learn is to live.”
― The Midnight Library
― The Midnight Library
“Want,’ she told her, in a measured tone, ‘is an interesting word. It means lack. Sometimes if we fill that lack with something else the original want disappears entirely.”
― The Midnight Library
― The Midnight Library
“Never underestimate the big importance of small things”
― The Midnight Library
― The Midnight Library
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
NaNoWriMo 2022
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The Goal: 50,000 words, written or typed, in a novel format, created within the month of November. The Start Date: November 1st, 12:00AM The Deadline: ...more
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