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Has anyone else read H Is For Hawk? I have like 3 hours left of the audiobook and I am DYING. What a slog!

I HATE THIS BOOK.

I do more translating
Than the Gawdamn U.N.
Forget it
I'm sick of it
I'm sick of filling in your gaps
Sick of being your insurance against
The isolation of your self-imposed limitations
Sick of being the crazy at your holiday dinners
Sick of being the odd one at your Sunday Brunches - "The Bridge Poem", Donna Kate Rushin

enough of passivity and passing time while
waiting for the boy friend, the girl friend, the Goddess, or the
Revolution). - Gloria Anzaldua

enough of passivity and passing time while
waiting for the boy friend, the girl friend, the Goddess, or the
Revolution). - Cherrie Moraga

The political writer, then, is the ultimate optimist, believing
people are capable of change and using words as one way to try and
penetrate the privatism of our lives. - Cherrie Moraga

The short story "Only Goodness" from Unaccustomed Earth - wow, do I relate to Sudha. Not the drinking but this disconnect.

Four of the six books I have completed this year were written by women! I hope that at least half of my reads this year are by female authors.