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“People don't realize how a man's whole life can be changed by one book.”
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“You write in order to change the world ... if you alter, even by a millimeter, the way people look at reality, then you can change it.”
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“Confront the dark parts of yourself, and work to banish them with illumination and forgiveness. Your willingness to wrestle with your demons will cause your angels to sing.”
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“School made us 'literate' but did not teach us to read for pleasure.”
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“Change will not come if we wait for some other person, or if we wait for some other time. We are the ones we've been waiting for. We are the change that we seek.”
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Literary Fiction by People of Color
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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
Food Book Club
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I always wanted to have a Book Club. I was always a bookworm. But, because I think there's a lot of cool groups here on Goodreads I thought it would b ...more
Jamal’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Jamal’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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