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“Love and sex, honey. Either one can make you do the damndest things. The two combined will make you a sure ’nough fool.”
― Blanche Among the Talented Tenth
― Blanche Among the Talented Tenth
“Of course I am not worried about intimidating men. The type of man who will be intimidated by me is exactly the type of man I have no interest in.”
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“She is a friend of my mind. She gather me, man. The pieces I am, she gather them and give them back to me in all the right order.”
― Beloved
― Beloved
“There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.”
― I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
― I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
“De man dat built things oughta boss it. Let colored folks build things too if dey wants to crow over somethin’.”
― Their Eyes Were Watching God
― Their Eyes Were Watching God
Kintu Summer Readalong
— 122 members
— last activity Aug 02, 2020 11:50PM
Reading and discussing Kintu the Ugandan novel by Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi.
The Book of Echoes - Read Soul Lit October 2020 Read Along
— 57 members
— last activity Nov 25, 2020 12:22AM
We'll be reading The Book of Echoes in October in honor of Black History Month in the UK. ...more
Literary Fiction by People of Color
— 13387 members
— last activity 18 hours, 22 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
26a - Diana Evans Readalong
— 36 members
— last activity Nov 13, 2018 05:04PM
Discussing 26a by Diana Evans in honor of Black History Month UK
Unforgivable Love #ReadSoulLit Readalong in honor of Black History Month
— 94 members
— last activity Mar 03, 2019 02:51PM
Reading and discussing Unforgivable Love by Sophfronia Scott
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