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Caridad Cole

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Genre

Fantasy, Horror, Fiction

Member Since

July 2012

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Born in New York City and raised in the backwoods of New Jersey, Caridad Cole is a second-generation writer and filmmaker exploring family bonds, self-mythology, bodily autonomy, and monsters. With a Pushcart Prize nomination for her short story "Happybot" and other literary recognitions, her work has recently appeared in The Poetry Lighthouse, Coffin Bell Journal, and An Anthology of Rural Stories by Writers of Color, 2024 (EastOver Press). Caridad lives and works in Los Angeles, where she edits Moonday Mag & Chainmail Poetry. ...more

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	An Anthology of Rural Stories by Writers of Color, 2024 by Erika T. Wurth (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Ron Austin (Contributor), Venita Blackburn (Contributor) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Garden-Variety Grimoire: A Literary Anthology by Tobi Brun (Editor), Caridad Cole (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Grace Gibbons (Contributor) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Shortlist: Best of BarBar 2024 by BarBar et al. (Goodreads Author), Cory Nolan (editor), Caridad Cole (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Bear

by Julia Phillips (Goodreads Author)

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Our Share of Night

by Mariana Enriquez

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The Odyssey

by Homer

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Caridad Cole wants to read Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Caridad’s Quotes

“I wish I’d a knowed more people. I would of loved ‘em all. If I’d a knowed more, I would a loved more”
― Toni Morrison, Song of Solomon

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“However vast the darkness, we must supply our own light.”
― Stanley Kubrick

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“Under love’s heavy burden do I sink.
And, to sink in it, should you burden love;
Too great oppression for a tender thing.
Is love a tender thing? it is too rough,
Too rude, too boisterous, and it pricks like thorn.
If love be rough with you, be rough
with love;
Prick love for pricking, and you beat love down.”
― William Shakespeare, Romeo & Juliet

tags: love

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“If I find in myself desires which nothing in this world can satisfy, the only logical explanation is that I was made for another world.”
― C.S. Lewis, Mere Christianity

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