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Before Marie Kondo came up with the "Does it spark joy?" criteria for whether to keep or throw something out, I was pruning my belongings for things that gave too much weight to my footprint.
I have always moved often, which was another motivating factor in trying to be conscious about what I hold on to. That said, I only allow myself to keep poetry and reference books. I buy three or four books of poetry a month and constantly go through my shelves, reassessing the impact of the books there. (I do the same with every other class of objects I own.) Recently I've been focusing on Black women poets. I'm reading Marilyn Nelson, Lynne Thompson and a recent anthology of the work of Pat Parker. I have a stack of poetry collections by my favorite reading chair and put narrow post-its on the pages with work that really gets to me, before I put them alphabetically on the shelf. I know this sounds very nerdy. But it feels good. When I was in grad school and lived with a lover, I came home once to find she had consolidated our libraries; alphabetized all our books together. I knew she meant it as a gesture of commitment to our shared home, but I had mixed feelings :blink: I'm like that Jill Clayburgh character who says, when her lover imagines their old age together, teeth in the same glass by the bed — "I want my own glass." |
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i've gotta say that my list of black authors is kinda poor ne i know some classics one but still not enough 😕 someone has names to give me?
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For fiction I can recommend Barbara Neely. |
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– Roxane Gay – Ta-Nehisi Coates – Michel Alexander – Isabel Wilkerson – Charles M. Blow – Samuel R. Delany – Angie Thomas And you can never go wrong with – bell hooks – Audra Lorde – Octavia Butler – Toni Morrison – James Baldwin |
A girl you should date
A girl you date may be into brail books that you can't read but you can ask her to read to you. I love books but there is much more to a woman than her reading skills. I would date a woman who is kind, understanding, loving and honest and be thankful for the rest.
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Jericho Brown (poetry) Jesmyn Ward Colson Whitehead N.K. Jemisin |
I would be bored if I dated someone who didn't read. I have a friend with an autoimmune disease that affects his concentration. He doesn't read anymore. But when he was young, he read everything. He will always have that.
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One of the things I miss when not dating/partnering with a reader is reading aloud to each other in bed. Haven’t done that in ages.
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I just discovered a new Audible feature called “plus“ that started last August, I may just be the last one to find it. Anyway it is a very large library of books that you can use at no cost for as long as you have your membership. (You have to be a member) I found that they have a large collection of fiction which is something I rarely purchase, that I can just listen to for free. They seem to have a large selection of LGBTQ fiction. Bedtime stories, jest sayin’ :sunglass: |
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. . . your favorite poetry to you.
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Don't be like them dumb boys!
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I agree with you for sure moe. Each special day (birthday/xmas) I give the little one some kind of book according to age. I read to her when I visit and she always asks me to. She will be 5 this July so I need to find something more age appropriate. When she gets old enough to truly understand the value of books she can share mine of which I have well over a hundred on my 6 book shelves.
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“Boys think girls are like books, If the cover doesn't catch their eye they won't bother to read what's inside.” |
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