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“I am beginning to learn that life-altering news is often like a premature birth: ill-timed, catching someone unaware, emotionally unprepared & often where they shouldn’t be:”
― Clap When You Land
― Clap When You Land
“For me, becoming isn’t about arriving somewhere or achieving a certain aim. I see it instead as forward motion, a means of evolving, a way to reach continuously toward a better self. The journey doesn’t end.”
― Becoming
― Becoming
“I only know that learning to believe in the power of my own words has been the most freeing experience of my life. It has brought me the most light. And isn't that what a poem is? A lantern glowing in the dark.”
― The Poet X
― The Poet X
“The world is almost peaceful when you stop trying to understand it.”
― The Poet X
― The Poet X
“First, there was trust. Then, there was betrayal. You cannot have one without the other. You cannot be betrayed by someone you do not trust ... what you have learned is the same heart-wrenching journey of every woman to whom I have sold a poison. And it is, indeed, the same path for me.”
― The Lost Apothecary
― The Lost Apothecary
Mocha Girls Read
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We are a group of black women who love to read, want to read more and meet like-minded women. #mochagirlsread Join Us in person: https://www.meetup.c ...more
Sapphic Bookclub!!
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Welcome to any and all WLW / NBLW (lesbians, bisexuals, pansexuals). This is a no pressure book club. If at any point you fall behind, or decide not ...more
Blackoween™ Readathon
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This a group that happens once a year in October. Together we books written by Black Authors who write crime fiction.
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A place to help authors and reviewers come together to get the word out about new books as well as a group for anyone to post or enter listings for bo ...more
The Old Drift - Read Soul Lit Summer Readalong
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We're reading the Zambian novel, The Old Drift throughout the month of July. ...more
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