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Essential reading: literary voices respond to the Supreme Court’s Roe v. Wade decision. lithub.com/essential-read…

LGBTQ romance novels have been around for decades, but they have been a quiet presence, almost entirely self-published or put out by small presses. Now sales have surged with help from the biggest publishers and mainstream retailers. nyti.ms/3OJJkd0

How to fix a world – a poignant poem by a 4-year-old child, animated by a Ukrainian artist themarginalian.org/2022/03/10/pre…

Bookstores are helping in the fight for reproductive justice. lithub.com/from-duluth-to…

Word of the Day: AUNTY-PRAUNTY (Shropshire) — high-spirited, proud.

I always advise people never to give advice. P.G. WODEHOUSE

The earliest recorded use of the term ‘Wild West’, to mean the American frontier, was by Charlotte Brontë.

I like how ‘persevere’ wears its heart on its sleeve. It’s made up of ‘per’, meaning ‘through’, and ‘severe’, ‘grave’ - persevering means staying the course through hard times.

He looked up at his clock, which had stopped at five minutes to eleven some weeks ago. “Nearly eleven o'clock,” said Pooh happily. “You're just in time for a little smackerel of something,” and he put his head into the cupboard. ~A.A.Milne #MondayMotivation #elevenses

Rebecca Solnit on writing, gardening, and the life of the mind themarginalian.org/2022/06/24/reb…

“We can join together to effect a future the world has not yet conceived, let alone seen.” lithub.com/audre-lorde-we…

Don't write because you think one day it's going to make you rich. Write because you feel something; because you care about something; because your story needs to be told. Most of all, write because life is short, and death is long, and dreams have more power than money. #writing

“I feel no need for any other faith than my faith in the kindness of human beings. I am so absorbed in the wonder of earth and the life upon it that I cannot think of heaven and angels.” Pearl S. Buck * June 26, 1892

Pearl S. Buck – the youngest woman to receive the Nobel Prize – was born 130 years ago today. Her magnificent Nobel acceptance speech about creativity: themarginalian.org/2014/12/12/pea…

#MeetTheWriters - an extraordinary story of hope & compassion #afghanistan #refugees #ariantelemedicine