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  • Muffin Wallopers: A Book Group for Gals
  • A Bevy of NetGalley Reviews!

    As usual, I have managed to read faster than I write, and I have fallen behind on my NetGalley reviews. Here is a handful for… Read more.

  • Remember What I Came Here to Do to This World Very Little Actually by Alice Notley

    I came here so that theI came to be equal in surprise toI came empty-handed before being driedI am a poisonous epochI was at four… Read more.

  • Letter from Town: The Almond Tree by D.H. Lawrence

    You promised to send me some violets. Did you forget? White ones and blue ones from under the orchard hedge? Sweet dark purple, and white… Read more.

This is the Mask

This is the mask.
My mask.
It hides my scars: The scared girl I was.
The scared woman I am.
The seeker that never finds what she is looking for and wonders if she is even worthy to know.
This is the mask.
My mask.
It lets me pretend
It lets me believe
It lets me feel strong, look strong, be strong.
Until I take it off.

~Nicole Kapise Perkins

“Words made faerie tales.”

— le thi diem thuy

Posts

  • A Bevy of NetGalley Reviews!

    Apr 22, 2026
  • Remember What I Came Here to Do to This World Very Little Actually by Alice Notley

    Apr 21, 2026
  • Letter from Town: The Almond Tree by D.H. Lawrence

    Apr 20, 2026

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