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Where Wild Peaches Grow

by Cade Bentley

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Jun 13, 2026 12:14AM

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Capri 2 (Season Three: Delgato Family: Capri)

by Jahquel J.

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Capri 1.5 (Season Three: Delgato Family: Capri)

by Jahquel J.

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Jun 09, 2026 09:40AM

Dre’s Notes & Highlights

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Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches by Audre Lorde

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For women, then, poetry is not a luxury. It is a vital necessity of our existence. It forms the quality of the light within which we predicate our hopes and dreams toward survival and change, first made into language, then into idea, then ...more

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Dre’s Quotes

“Freeing yourself was one thing, claiming ownership of that freed self was another.”
― Toni Morrison, Beloved

tags: freedom, self

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“No person is your friend who demands your silence, or denies your right to grow.”
― Alice Walker

tags: acceptance, friendship

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“There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.”
― Maya Angelou, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

tags: 1970, inspirational, stories, writing

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“I think it pisses God off if you walk by the color purple in a field somewhere and don't notice it.”
― alice walker, The Color Purple

tags: color, god, purple, religion

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“Sweet, crazy conversations full of half sentences, daydreams and misunderstandings more thrilling than understanding could ever be.”
― Toni Morrison, Beloved

tags: babyghosts, insanity, misunderstandings, sisters

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2015 A-Z 'Deuces Wild ' Reading Challenge of African American Authors — 296 members — last activity Dec 22, 2017 04:41PM
Readers will complete the reading of 26 novels by African American / African authors as they challenge themselves to read 2 books from 13 categories w ...more

Black Coffee — 3069 members — last activity Jun 10, 2026 12:53AM
This group focuses on books written by or about black people from all continents in many different genres though we focus on historical fiction and cl ...more

Mocha Girls Read — 7079 members — last activity Jun 09, 2026 03:54PM
We are a group of black women who love to read, want to read more and meet like-minded women. #mochagirlsread Join Us in person: https://www.meetup.c ...more

July Summer Readalong - Sag Harbor — 82 members — last activity Jul 30, 2018 02:20AM
This is a group to discuss Sag Harbor by Colson Whitehead

#ReadSoulLit Read Along- Tar Baby — 123 members — last activity Mar 16, 2018 09:30AM
This group is reading and discussing Tar Baby as a read along in honor of Black History Month!

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