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//What happens when fire makes love to the earth?//
saanjh ab bhayi nahi aaye / tum bin mora jiya ghabaraye.
desi dark academia mood board
eldest child. artistic, botany student. hiding behind saccharin smiles and soft frowns. voice tingling until it stops serenading. will the expectations ever stop?
sing to me to me, Aaranya. the forest you grew around yourself, is humming, with the vibrations of your music.
Fuck your zodiac sign, what Series of Unfortunate Events book do you most relate you?
Classic novels from POC authors
The Analects, Confucius- a collection of his quotes, documented by his pupils shortly after his death.
Theologus Autodidactus, Ibn Al-Nafis- one of the first Arabic novels and considered an early example of sci-fi and a coming of age story
Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio, Pu Songling- a collection of classical Chinese stories
The Heart of Hyacinth, Onoto Watanna- coming of age story about a Eurasian child raised by white parents
Things Fall Apart, Chinua Achebe
The Woman in the Dunes, Kōbō Abe- themes of myths and suspense wrapped into an existential novel
The Prophet, Kahlil Gibran- collection of poetic essays
Twelve Years a Slave, Solomon Northup- memoir of a black man sold into slavery in America
Contending Forces, Pauline Hopkins- focuses on African American families in American society, post Civil War
Iola Leroy, Frances Harper- one of the first novels published by an African-American woman
One Hundred Years of Solitude, Gabriel García Márquez
On Love and Barley, Bashō Matsuo-
The Home and the World, Rabindranath Tagore- a love story mixed in with a political awakening
American Indian Stories, Zitkala-Sa-legends and tales from the authors life based on her childhood and the community
A Dark Night’s Passing, Naoya Shiga- a young mans trial through disturbing experiences
Cane, Jean Toomer- fiction based of black life in Harlem
Where There’s Love, There’s Hate, Silvina Ocampo and Adolfo Casares