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“She wishes she had looked more closely at every bit of her world when she was growing up so she could give more of it to Wash but it had been wrapped so close around her, she had no idea she would ever be without it.”
― Margaret Wrinkle, Wash

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“...even when your mind wanders, it's going someplace, and all that travelling adds up...”
― Margaret Wrinkle, Wash

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“There is nothing so attractive in a woman as a mind thirsty after knowledge and capable of receiving it.”
― Sally Cabot Gunning, Benjamin Franklin's Bastard

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Literary Fiction by People of Color — 13585 members — last activity 17 hours, 12 min ago
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

Go On Girl! Book Club — 373 members — last activity Sep 02, 2026 02:52PM
The GO ON GIRL! BOOK CLUB is a non-profit reading organization dedicated to supporting the work of writers of the Black African Diaspora. Some of our ...more

Oprah's Book Club (Official) — 87833 members — last activity 5 hours, 43 min ago
Welcome to the official Oprah's Book Club group. OBC is the interactive, multi-platform reading club bringing passionate readers together to discuss i ...more

Literary Sisters — 23 members — last activity Dec 03, 2013 01:23PM
Welcome! Join us as we share our thoughts about African America Literature and the best non-fiction books that help us to live better lives

Black Coffee — 3092 members — last activity 12 hours, 15 min ago
This group focuses on books written by or about black people from all continents in many different genres though we focus on historical fiction and cl ...more

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