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On James Baldwin's birthday I'm reading Nafisi's chapter on Baldwin and Coates, including this Baldwin quote: "You write in order to change the world, knowing perfectly well that you probably can't, but also knowing that literature is indispensable to the world ... The world changes according to the way people see it, and if you alter, even by a millimeter, the way people look at reality, then you can change it."
— Aug 02, 2026 11:32AM
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Aug 02, 2026 01:14PM
Kathleen we often reading-think alike. I have this boik on my tbr list and have just now have requested it from the library :)
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Cynda Reads wrote: "Kathleen we often reading-think alike. I have this boik on my tbr list and have just now have requested it from the library :)"Ha! We certainly do, Cynda, and I think you'll enjoy this one! Her Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books is good too.