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The Elsewhereans: A Documentary Novel

by Jeet Thayil

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Notes on a Nervous Planet

by Matt Haig (Goodreads Author)

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Dalit Kitchens of Marathwada

by Shahu Patole

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Hemlyn’s Notes & Highlights

Book cover for The Astonishing Color of After

The Astonishing Color of After by Emily X.R. Pan

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Someone needs to make it illegal for parents to throw things you once said back in your face.

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Hemlyn’s Quotes

“Everyone has a lie we’re quietly waiting to believe.”
― Saeed Jones, How We Fight For Our Lives

tags: denial

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“Pain cannot be kept intact, it needs to be “processed,” converted into humor.”
― Annie Ernaux, I Remain in Darkness

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“The difference between a garden and a graveyard is only what you choose to put in the ground”
― Rudy Francisco, Helium

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“Some songs take women places men cannot
follow.”
― Saeed Jones, How We Fight For Our Lives

tags: gender, men, music, poem, poetry, songs, women

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“I slipped on the forcefully carefree posture of the other boys around me. The existential shrug of young men afraid to admit that they’ve been touched by art, and that they want to be touched in that way again.”
― Saeed Jones, How We Fight For Our Lives

tags: masculinity

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