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Book cover for Sorrowland
She turned toward the woods. That was where she belonged. With her children, where the world made sense. No one lied in the woods. No one charged you money for a decent meal in the woods. No one charged you rent. No one balked at the way ...more
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Ray Bradbury
“Is it because we’re having so much fun at home we’ve forgotten the world? Is it because we’re so rich and the rest of the world’s so poor and we just don’t care if they are? I’ve heard rumors; the world is starving, but we’re well fed. Is it true, the world works hard and we play? Is that why we’re hated so much?”
Ray Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451

Reni Eddo-Lodge
“White privilege is an absence of the consequences of racism. An absence of structural discrimination, an absence of your race being viewed as a problem first and foremost.”
Reni Eddo-Lodge, Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race

Ijeoma Oluo
“Being privileged doesn't mean that you are always wrong and people without privilege are always right. It means that there is a good chance you are missing a few very important pieces of the puzzle.”
Ijeoma Oluo, So You Want to Talk About Race

Winston Graham
“All men were born in the same way: no privilege existed that was not of man's own contriving.”
Winston Graham, Ross Poldark

Melissa Febos
“Navel-gazing is not for the faint of heart. The risk of honest self-appraisal requires bravery. To place our flawed selves in the context of this magnificent, broken world is the opposite of narcissism, which is building a self-image that pleases you.”
Melissa Febos, Body Work: The Radical Power of Personal Narrative

206623 Existential Book Club — 1474 members — last activity Dec 21, 2025 02:39PM
This a book club for anybody interested in reading existentialist literature and fiction. Every month I'll be putting up a new text either by an exist ...more
1009509 Writers Workshop — 111 members — last activity Aug 27, 2022 08:53AM
This is a companion to a monthly roundtable discussion about one writing-related book. Every month the last Saturday of the month, the panel discusses ...more
152441 Book Riot's Read Harder Challenge — 26835 members — last activity 17 minutes ago
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
79311 Completists' Club — 540 members — last activity Dec 24, 2024 10:59PM
A group for those attempting to complete, or who have completed, the canons of their favourite writers. Share your canon-wide knowledge and opinion wi ...more
116761 I Love My Humor Dark. No Sugar, No Cream — 584 members — last activity Nov 09, 2025 12:31AM
A celebration and conversation of all literature that is of the intelligent dark humor or satirical variety.
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