i did not intend you,

nevertheless, there’s a fever in my bowels that keeps vigil over you.

[weltenwellen]

Andrea Gibson, The Madness Vase

[apartmentstore-deactivated20260]

from Sorting by Joanna Klink

[propertiesofjoy]

journal of an ordinary grief, mahmoud darwish

[shirleyjacksonism]

"I come home - and I have a feeling of returning like a ghost to its haunt."

Katie Maria // Sharp Objects // Bonedog, Eva H.D // Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal?, Jeanette Winterson // The Early Journals , Virginia Woof

[soracities]

Julio Cortázar, Hopscotch (trans. Gregory Rabassa)

[Text ID: “As if you could pick in love, as if it were not a lightning bolt that splits your bones and leaves you staked out in the middle of the courtyard.”]

[despazito]

It's actually super unethical to keep a peeve as a pet

[hecatelund]

Since it’s pretty hard to find copies of Stone Butch Blues in the wild, I feel it is my duty to inform everyone that you can get the official pdf from Feinberg’s own website per hir wishes. You could download it and print a copy off at the library if you like, which is honestly pretty punk and seems like the sort of thing Leslie would approve of.

https://lesliefeinberg.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/Stone-Butch-Blues-by-Leslie-Feinberg.pdf

[damnphetamine]

this is a fantastic resource and Stone Butch Blues absolutely deserves to be read by as many queer people as possible, and i do wanna add this resource, as well: a doc containing trigger warnings chapter by chapter, page by page. this is a valuable resource as Feinberg's book is (understandably) pretty heavy with mentions/descriptions of rape, sexual assault, police violence, and other graphic depictions of many types of violence.

again, Stone Butch Blues is a very important, historical read for queers! but i also don't want any transmasc and/or lesbian readers to dive into this book without knowing what's within. and thank you so much to OP for reminding us of Feinberg's incredible novel that should be accessible to everyone!

[kingcatnine]

the thing about nonfiction is you come out of it with several more books to put on your to be read list and it's only gonna branch out from there so really the only solution is to read every book in human history starting at the beginning

[surfingkaliyuga]

“Wisielcy (Finał) / Hanged Men (The Finale)” Marian Wawrzeniecki 1907

[ashstfu]

reading a good interesting book after a horrible reading slump and suddenly you can feel the sun shining again and the sky is more beautiful than ever and birds are all singing songs to you

[havingapoemwithyou]

keeping things whole by Mark Strand

[pegasib]

Do you ever talk to your mutuals?

not really i just post things and hope they fall in love with me

[goslinggf]

i feel like i'm going Italian

[goslinggf]

*insane

[weltenwellen]

Gentlest of Bleeding Things  Ali Choudhary

[lifeinpoetry]

“I am often in pain and I fear that it will get worse. I need to sharpen every possible weapon against it, but even more so against the fear, or the fear of fear, which is what is so debilitating. And I want to learn how to do that while there is still time for learning in some state before desperation. Desperation. Reckless through despair.”

— — Audre Lorde, from “A Burst of Light: Living with Cancer,” The Selected Works of Audre Lorde

[weltenwellen]

Wildness Before Something Sublime Leila Chatti

[weltenwellen]

Arrival Elane Kim