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Quiet Revolutions
"Small acts of resistance, self-realization, and everyday courage shape lives and shift worlds. This list blends fiction and memoir, classics and contemporary works."
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Literary Legacy: Oscar Wilde
"Oscar Wilde was an author, playwright, and poet in late Victorian England known for The Picture of Dorian Gray and The Importance of Being Earnest. Originally from Ireland, he began writing poetry while studying at Oxford University. In 1891, he p..."
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Not Your Average Hero: Josephine Baker
"The popular image of Josephine Baker is of a daring entertainer, one who often shocked audiences by defying all the conventions of the day. But behind the tabloid fodder of her dramatic stage performances and glamorous lifestyle — including a pet..."
"When I finished Jane Bowles’ Two Serious Ladies, my face wet with tears... because I finally just read what I realized was the Great American Novel. Yes, one can say Tender is the Night by F. Scott Fitzgerald come close, but considering…the sheer ..."
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Literary Legacy: Sappho
"Little is known with certainty about the life of Sappho, or Psappha in her native Aeolic dialect. She was born probably about 620 BCE to an aristocratic family on the island of Lesbos during a great cultural flowering in the area. Apparently her b..."
