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John Greenleaf Whittier
“Of all sad words of tongue or pen, the saddest are these, 'It might have been.”
John Greenleaf Whittier

Frank Zappa
“Definition of rock journalism: People who can't write, doing interviews with people who can't think, in order to prepare articles for people who can't read.”
Frank Zappa, The Real Frank Zappa Book

81261 BOOMER LIT: Novels, Short Fiction, Memoirs and More — 681 members — last activity Nov 18, 2025 10:16AM
Boomer Lit, boomer novels, short stories, memoirs and more are here: a new genre. Let's talk about it! When boomers reached their teens in the 1960s ...more
22454 Historical Fictionistas — 15897 members — last activity 12 hours, 42 min ago
Welcome to Historical Fictionistas! We want to experience all different kinds of HF with all different kinds of people. The more diverse, the better. ...more
34560 Jewish Book Carnival — 1605 members — last activity Dec 10, 2025 07:25PM
This is the GoodReads group for the Jewish Book Carnival, a monthly forum for sharing links and information on Jewish books and the blogs that cover t ...more
6449 Jewish Historical Fiction — 750 members — last activity Sep 16, 2025 06:01AM
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