#Literary

Emma C. Eisenberg

frumpenberg

In light of ye old gross Meghan Daum essay on Appalachia may I humbly suggest you follow these amazing thinkers and writers from the region: 1) @elizabethcatte, author of What

Adam Ai

AdamAiPoems

Musk: “c has gotten quite worried about A.I. in the last few weeks. I think GPT-3” — the latest A.I. ... has Silicon Valley buzzing — “has caused her to

Scott Pack

meandmybigmouth

I want to tell you about Gertrude Trevelyan, one of the most groundbreaking English writers of the 1930s, who is now, sadly, almost completely forgotten.A thread ensues... Gertrude Eileen Trevelyan

Michael Comerford

MBComerford

Somewhere there must be a higher principle which reconciles art & action. That principle, it occurred to me, was death. A ring that resolved all contradictions, a ring vaster than

Son of Baldwin (Robert Jones, Jr.)

SonofBaldwin

Good evening Family,I hope y'all are all doing well during these lying, trying times. I wanted to share some stuff with you as the US attempts to remove all knowledge

DawsonSField

DawsonSField

2. It started with a phone call, from Bill Clinton to Boris Yeltsin who won the Presidency of Russia because the US interfered with their election in 1996 to help

Christopher W. Jones

cwjones89

Dear Twitter, I have spent a lot of time in the past two years working on this thing called my 'dissertation.'What is Christopher doing, you may wonder? In this thread

Cataloging Bound-withs in Alma

marccold

Watching Shirley, which is a very loose adaptation of a novel called Shirley, which is itself a very loose fictionalization of the last year in the life of Shirley Jackson,

Logical Kashur

KashurLogical

When it comes to bullshit, big-time, major league bullshit, you have to stand in awe of the all-time champion of false promises and exaggerated claims, religion. No contest. No contest.

Ibrahim, SHEHU 🎋agara (MHR)

magmal11

There's a trending debate about this write up on @osita_chidoka by the author. What's your take on this about the rise to fame of Chidoka and issues raised..ENOUGH of YELLOW

Katie Murphy

manymanyplies

Today, at the #LockdownBestiary, P is for PARROT. This gives this zookeeper an opportunity to revisit interests in parrot language, multilingualism, and the pleasures of nonsense. Or, as I like

Ava Reid

asimonereid

since yesterday was mary shelley's birthday, as promised, here is a thread of my favorite facts and anecdotes about her weird, chaotic, and often despicable husband, percy bysshe shelley shelley

Elaine van Dalen

elainevdalen

Women played important roles in health care in the classical Islamic world.A thread on female health practitioners(Illustration: BnF ms Arabe 5847, fol 122b, painted in 1237) Women in the medieval

Roflindian

Roflindian

Across centuries and civilisations, the world has had a history of prosecuting sexual assault against women in a very unfair way. Even now, prejudiced legal systems deal with rape as

Paul Bohm

paulbohm

My notes on The Story of Civilization, Volume 1, Chapter 2: The Economic Elements of Civilization by Will & Ariel Durant. In one sense the “savage” too is civilized: He

ReadingNature

ReadingNature

For #EarthDay , we asked you to tell us about the #nature booksyou have loved over the years & WOW! We are thrilled to share your stories thru the day!We