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Tender Philosophia

Jonna Leine, Didi Aphra

Open the door to our book club, where tenderness meets intellectual curiosity. Anyone who has ever found belonging in literature is welcome here.

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  • Jonna Leine

    PhD student writing at the edge of literature and longing. Lover of books, stars, and slow, creative life. Author of Tender Philosophia.

  • Didi Aphra

    When Didi is not daydreaming or frolicking in the woods, she is concocting wondrous word potions in her lair. She has previously been published in the Dionysian Public Library. Didi's debut poetry book, Tender Philosophia, was published in 2024.

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