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"“If only I were a believer, I thought, so I could go to a church right this moment... For me there were only those clouds, those pigeons that had just flown by, those trees, that jumbled void, that place whose borders cannot be identified, that blooming rose bush, that inexpressible abundance lulled by time and eternally harmonious, both when it was happy and when it was horrible.”" — Aug 02, 2020 11:09PM
"“If only I were a believer, I thought, so I could go to a church right this moment... For me there were only those clouds, those pigeons that had just flown by, those trees, that jumbled void, that place whose borders cannot be identified, that blooming rose bush, that inexpressible abundance lulled by time and eternally harmonious, both when it was happy and when it was horrible.”" — Aug 02, 2020 11:09PM
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"Now the poetry reflects the monk wandering in 7th century land and maybe his modern counterparts in or outside the Irish or Scotch islands searching for personal answers." — Jul 21, 2020 01:11AM
"Now the poetry reflects the monk wandering in 7th century land and maybe his modern counterparts in or outside the Irish or Scotch islands searching for personal answers." — Jul 21, 2020 01:11AM
“Science fiction has no ceiling.”
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“Joy doesn’t betray but sustains activism. And when you face a politics that aspires to make you fearful, alienated, and isolated, joy is a fine initial act of insurrection.”
― Hope in the Dark: Untold Histories, Wild Possibilities
― Hope in the Dark: Untold Histories, Wild Possibilities
“Moral courage is a rarer commodity than bravery in battle or great intelligence. Yet it is the one essential, vital quality for those who seek to change a world that yields most painfully to change.”
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“Despite dissimilarities in our luck and success at looking after ourselves, we are all human beings.”
― Sugar Street
― Sugar Street
“Love heals, even when you are angry; hate harms, even when you are happy.”
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Constant Reader
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A forum for friendly discussion of classics, literary fiction, nonfiction, poetry and short stories. We also love movies and art. Don't ask to join th ...more
Middle East/North African Lit
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Current banner photo : Gaza at Palestine #Land day https://altahrir.wordpress.com/2020/02/04/land-in-eastern-gaza-declared-a-disaster-zone-due-to-isr ...more
On the Southern Literary Trail
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Whether you prefer Faulkner, O'Connor, McCullers or more recent authors of Southern Literature such as Clyde Edgerton, Tom Franklin, William Gay, or M ...more
Odysseus to Ulysses
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This group will be reading first Homer's The Odyssey, for which we plan to take around two months, and then James Joyce's Ulysses, which may take abou ...more
The World's Literature: Southwestern Asia
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Literature from Arabic-speaking countries in southeast Asia is the current theme. Attribution: Aieman Khimji. "The work of a student of Arabic calli ...more
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