Barry Welsh
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The west had indeed empowered radical Muslims to the point that not only were Islamists comfortable expressing their hate through megaphones, the scores of useful idiots who empowered them were right there with them declaring their support
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“The language of women accustomed to violence was silence and lies.”
― Broken Summer
― Broken Summer
“A red ink is spilled from an imitation heart. In my dream I am late. I am sentenced to death. I am not the ruler of my dream. It is a great crime to seal up two humans who cannot even shake hands.”
― Yi Sang: Selected Works
― Yi Sang: Selected Works
“Though the 20th century saw horrific genocides inspired by Nazi pseudoscience about genetics and race, it also saw horrific genocides inspired by Marxist pseudoscience about the malleability of human nature. The real threat to humanity comes from totalizing ideologies and the denial of human rights, rather than a curiosity about nature and nurture.”
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“My face becomes a strip of skin before your face in moonlight my words of praise for you are left unsaid but like a sigh they tickle open a sliding paper door and creep into your hair smelling like camellia fields and transplant seedlings of my sorrow”
― Yi Sang: Selected Works
― Yi Sang: Selected Works
“Though it wasn’t a very nice method, whenever he felt like he didn’t understand his wife’s family, he simply told himself he was dealing with foreigners.”
― The Hole
― The Hole
The RAS Korean Literature Club
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The R.A.S. Korean Literature Club is an English-language, in-person, Korean-literature-discussion group in Seoul. ※※※ NEXT MEETING: Thursday, Feb. 12 ...more
Seoul Book Club Hosted by Barry Welsh
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This is a book club for discussing Korea-related books. Everyone is welcome.
Book Riot's Read Harder Challenge
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An annual reading challenge to to help you stretch your reading limits and explore new voices, worlds, and genres! The challenge begins in January, bu ...more
Read Scotland 2018
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Books written by Scots, set in Scotland or about Scotland. Set a goal for your Scotland Reading Challenge and/or join the discussion as we read Scotti ...more
The book you like most
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This group (ranked in the TOP 100 most popular groups on Goodreads) is dedicated to the "Vision and Story" project. Additionally, the group THE BOOK ...more
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