Amira Mattar

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An Unnecessary Woman by Rabih Alameddine

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I did not wait for the smell of him to dissipate on its own. I expunged it.

“I only knew that I had seen perfection face to face, and that the world had become wonderful to my eyes-- too wonderful, perhaps, for in such mad worships there is peril, the peril of losing them, no less than the peril of keeping them...”
― Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray

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Brooklyn Bookworms! — 236 members — last activity Aug 27, 2026 11:30AM
Brooklyn authors & readers, neighbors, or just fans of Brooklyn! We promote book-swaps, fairs, literacy programs, libraries, bookstores, area wri ...more

#BecauseWeveRead — 19 members — last activity May 10, 2018 09:26AM
An international radical reading club designed to challenge the way we see the world, created by Hoda Katebi. Check out this link for all the informa ...more

MoPOP Book Club — 34 members — last activity Sep 29, 2020 03:06PM
The Museum of Pop Culture in Seattle, WA hosts a quarterly book club. We select books that connect to our collection of science fiction, fantasy, popu ...more