by shenion | Oct 18, 2022 | Quote of the Week
There is an anxiety in being yourself, though. There is the haunting question of “What if?” always lingering. What if who I am will never be enough? What if I will never be right enough for someone? – Hunger, a Memoir of (My) Body
by shenion | Oct 10, 2022 | Quote of the Week
To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.
by shenion | Oct 7, 2022 | Quote of the Week
Fairy tales are more than true: not because they tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten.
by wairimu | Jul 28, 2022 | Quote of the Week
Every character comes from the artist themselves, you create a bit of yourself in everything you write, it’s unavoidable. Some people deny that, but I wouldn’t deny that. But now, I’m interested in much more. I don’t think I’m interesting enough. After all the battles...
by wairimu | Jul 20, 2022 | Quote of the Week
Each book I write is a stake, driving into an edge and calling it a heart. Here, I marked a world for a Black trans girl who is loved by her family, who is never hurt. Here, for those who are Nigerian and queer, those beyond gender, you can be held safe. These are the...
by wairimu | Jul 6, 2022 | Quote of the Week
“Fundamentally, I started writing to save my life. Yes, my own life first. I see the same impulse in my students-the dark, the queer, the mixed-blood, the violated-turning to the written page with a relentless passion, a drive to avenge their own silence,...
