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“Have you noticed that when men want freedom, the conversation is about the nature of action, violence or non-violence? But when women want freedom, the conversation is about the nature of women, natural or unnatural?”
― Uzma Aslam Khan, The Miraculous True History of Nomi Ali

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“when you fall asleep in that sort of love you wake up with bruises on your neck”
― Kaveh Akbar, Calling a Wolf a Wolf

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“Hope does not die like an animal--quick and sudden. It is more like a plant, which slowly withers away.”
― Jamil Ahmad

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“The opposite of peace is not war. The opposite of peace is inertia.”
― Uzma Aslam Khan, The Miraculous True History of Nomi Ali

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“I feared her love for me was like a Pakistani glacier. It was difficult to say if it was growing or retreating.”
― Uzma Aslam Khan, Thinner Than Skin

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Literary Fiction by People of Color — 12777 members — last activity Sep 02, 2025 09:01AM
This can include genre fiction that is literary (e.g. speculative fiction, historical fiction, etc.), as long as it's written by a person of color (Af ...more

International Reads — 593 members — last activity Aug 31, 2019 08:44PM
This book club's focus is on reading as diversely as possible. We hope to read books we may not otherwise have read or even heard of! This book club ...more

Around the World in 80 Books — 30369 members — last activity 8 hours, 33 min ago
Reading takes you places. Where in the world will your next book take you? If you love world literature, translated works, travel writing, or explorin ...more

Catching up on Classics (and lots more!) — 15322 members — last activity 1 hour, 27 min ago
The world is made up of two kinds of people, first are those who love classics, the second are those who have not yet read a classic. Be bold and join ...more

Read Women — 5531 members — last activity 2 hours, 42 min ago
A group for readers of all genders who wish to broaden their reading horizons by reading more books by women authors. And more women authors that perh ...more

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