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The form of the protest—the bizarre blood sculpture, the poems—was itself a protest against passivity, lack of imagination, and normalcy.
Lola Milholland • Group Living and Other Recipes: A Memoir
The Confessions of Nat Turner The Leader of the Late Insurrections in Southampton, Va. As Fully and Voluntarily Made to Thomas R. Gray, in the Prison Where ... Account of the Whole Insurrection.
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In an act of spite, Marlow had begun circulating the story to the cook, who relayed the sensitive information to other workers. Hamer would therefore be one of the last people to learn about this act of shocking violence committed on her body.63 Though
Keisha N. Blain • Until I Am Free: Fannie Lou Hamer's Enduring Message to America
The unfortunate girl was found wandering the streets in despair, since the map was inaccurate and the Mayday contacts turned out not to exist.
Margaret Atwood • The Testaments: The Sequel to The Handmaid’s Tale
‘You’re our longest-serving contributor,’ said Carleton, flinching at the bang. ‘Our most admired. Indeed I should say our most popular.’ I’m beginning to speak like him, he thought: Thomas Hart is catching, that’s the trouble. ‘I’ve often heard it said that it’s a consolation – that’s the general feeling, as I said to the board – to wake on Thursd
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Thomas Pynchon • Bleeding Edge
Older, larger, and unpleasantly fleshy.