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"Ooh the poetry for bell hooks is so intense, it’s so arresting, it’s intriguing to read about her passing from her students, friends, acquaintances
Also, the NY love is palpable in this series!" — Jun 18, 2026 05:26AM
"Ooh the poetry for bell hooks is so intense, it’s so arresting, it’s intriguing to read about her passing from her students, friends, acquaintances
Also, the NY love is palpable in this series!" — Jun 18, 2026 05:26AM
“Insist on your joy.”
― Nightbitch
― Nightbitch
“Invited as we are into their disparate lives, we'll not only treat them, save them, and pronounce them dead; we'll also learn from them.”
― A Thousand Naked Strangers: a Paramedic's Wild Ride to the Edge and Back
― A Thousand Naked Strangers: a Paramedic's Wild Ride to the Edge and Back
“Good for her! Not for me.”
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“Salvation comes through repetition. This I can do because I have done it before—it's half prayer, half truth, a whisper in a hurricane of self-doubt.”
― A Thousand Naked Strangers: a Paramedic's Wild Ride to the Edge and Back
― A Thousand Naked Strangers: a Paramedic's Wild Ride to the Edge and Back
“I think of my parents, not because I miss them, but because sometimes you see a black person above the age of fifty walking down the street, and you just know that they have seen some shit. You know that they are masters of the double consciousness, of the discreet management of fury under the tight surveillance and casual violence of the outside world. You know that they said thank you as they bled, and that despite the roaches and the instant oatmeal and the bruise on your face, you are still luckier than they have ever been, such that losing a bottom-tier job in publishing is not only ridiculous but offensive.”
― Luster
― Luster
Silent Book Club-Zooming Around the World
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