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This Side of Paradise by F. Scott Fitzgerald

Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri

The Friendly Young Ladies by Mary Renault

The Corner That Held Them by Sylvia Townsend Warner

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Jesse’s Bookshelves

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a-few-of-my-favorite-things‎ (86)
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queer-lit‎ (357)
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queer-modernity‎ (209)
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visual-arts‎ (119)
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queer-history‎ (95)
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film-criticism‎ (79)
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queer-art‎ (77)
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left-bank-excursions‎ (75)
poetry‎ (73)

contemporary‎ (71)
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film-theory‎ (59)
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film-and-lit-connections‎ (58)
art-history-and-criticism‎ (57)

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Jesse’s Quotes

“So long as I have questions to which there are no answers, I shall go on writing.”
― Clarice Lispector, The Hour of the Star

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“I am reading six books at once, the only way of reading; since, as you will agree, one book is only a single unaccompanied note, and to get the full sound, one needs ten others at the same time.”
― Virginia Woolf, The Letters of Virginia Woolf: Volume Three, 1923-1928

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“To close read is to linger, to dally, to take pleasure in tarrying, and to hold out that these activities can allow us to look both hard and askance at the norm.”
― Elizabeth Freeman, Time Binds: Queer Temporalities, Queer Histories

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“These memories, which are my life--for we possess nothing certainly except the past--were always with me.”
― Evelyn Waugh, Brideshead Revisited

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Jesse’s Groups

Queereaders — 21628 members — last activity 5 hours, 23 min ago
A group for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender individuals and supporters interested in fun and stimulating conversation about books, movies, art, ...more

The BURIED Book Club — 953 members — last activity Feb 27, 2026 06:22PM
TODAY BOOKS ARE NOT BURNED. THEY ARE BURIED. WE SHALL UNEARTH THEM.

Goodreads Librarians Group — 327508 members — last activity 22 minutes ago
Goodreads Librarians are volunteers who help ensure the accuracy of information about books and authors in the Goodreads' catalog. The Goodreads Libra ...more

2015: The Year of Reading Women — 673 members — last activity Apr 01, 2020 04:01AM
Join us for a year of member-run group reads to make 2015 the year of reading women! Rules Members are free to create author threads by surname if th ...more

Virago Modern Classics — 412 members — last activity Jun 12, 2026 12:42PM
But once a woman stole the initiative, plundered the perquisites and took the lead, what happened to the globe? The fabric cracked [Daphne du Maurier] ...more

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