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Fiction, Gay and Lesbian, Contemporary

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Hilary Zaid is the author of two novels, Paper is White (Bywater, 2018) and Forget I Told You This (Zero Street Fiction, 2023).

Hilary's short fiction and essays have appeared in print and online.
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Average rating: 4.06 · 335 ratings · 77 reviews · 4 distinct works • Similar authors

	Paper is White 4.13 avg rating — 230 ratings — published 2018 — 3 editions	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
	Forget I Told You This 3.98 avg rating — 87 ratings — 3 editions	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
	My Triple X Valentine's at the Far Point Senior Villas (A Short Story) 3.61 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 2016	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
	Forget I Told You This: A Novel: Zero Street Fiction by Hilary Zaid (Goodreads Author), Meg Persichetti (Narrator) 0.00 avg rating — 0 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

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My Year in Paris with Gertrude Stein

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“I took a deep breath. The words to a Hebrew song popped into my mind: "Kol ha'olam kulo/Gesher tsar me'od." The whole world is a very narrow bridge.... And the main thing is, not to be afraid.”
― Hilary Zaid, Paper is White

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“Our throats closed over our grief; open them, and what shrill, animal keening would have issued forth, what primitive howl of pain?”
― Hilary Zaid, Paper is White

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“I didn’t think. I knew. But this was part of being female. Feigning pale convictions.”
― Hilary Zaid, Forget I Told You This

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“Our throats closed over our grief; open them, and what shrill, animal keening would have issued forth, what primitive howl of pain?”
― Hilary Zaid, Paper is White

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