#Memoir

HarrietTubmanFreedSlavesWhileWhiteWomenSighed

ParableofSower

In these days of newly woke people I think it’s important for me to remind you that my disdain for July 4th isn’t new. Years ago I shared my story

S.P.A.

TheRealSPA

Happy 105th Birthday Beverly ClearyA thread http://waldina.com/2021/04/12/happy-105th-birthday-beverly-cleary/ Today is the 105th birthday of universally-loved award-winning children's author Beverly Cleary. You will have a difficult

Poison Ivy

ijeb24

Worth reminding y’all why Elegy is such a dangerous book/story/movie… it’s not just that he hates his mother for her drug addiction and airs his family’s dirty laundry in a

Sinéad Gleeson

sineadgleeson

Many of us know @PatrickFreyne1’s acclaimed journalism, but this shows his essayist skills. He’s effortlessly funny (the good/bad stories of band life) but there’s much tenderness too, including a stunning

Mikel Jollett

Mikel_Jollett

When I was 15 a homeless man came up to my father and asked for some change. My dad gave him five bucks. The man smiled & walked away.I said,

Matt Greene

arealmattgreene

I've got a book coming out in a few weeks. I haven't said much about it because I'm a reluctant self-publicist at the best of times which these clearly aren't,

Chris Salisbury

drcsalisbury

.@GlennKefford’s late-night post about finding some comfort in favourite old #music during these strange #lockdown times got me thinking... brought to mind @staffo_sez’s emotive recent memoir with its reminders of

S.P.A.

TheRealSPA

Happy 87th Birthday Shirley MacLaineA thread http://waldina.com/2021/04/24/happy-87th-birthday-shirley-maclaine/ Today is the 87th birthday of the legend Shirley MacLaine. I cannot even create a short list of my favorite films of hers. I

Ana 😷

Ana__George

I’m going to start a thread of all of the books I read in 2021! ‘LeMay: The Life and Wars of General Curtis LeMay’ by Warren KozakA well written

Brendane Tynes, M.A., MPhil

b_tynes

I think it's time for us to have a conversation about the harms enabled by How To Be Antiracist by Ibram Kendi. I will return to this with receipts soon.

Tom Cox

cox_tom

Four portals to alternative dimensions that I have come across during walks in the British countryside. ... And four more. ... All these portals are featured in walks I written

Brun0Barking

Bruno062418

From Impeachment hoax hearings today...Paperclip in hair?Operation Paperclip shoutout?SPEIER is a German name, meaning SPEAR.h/t @qanon80 https://www.cia.gov/library/center-for-the-study-of-intelligence/csi-publications/csi-studies/studies/vol-58-no-

Mary Fitzgerald

MaryFitzger

Everyone has more time to read at the moment so in that spirit, I will spend this week tweeting some of my favourite books on #Libya from my own library.

Umar

umaraqti

1/NDedicating this thread to Raza Rumi & ilk.Thread on GREAT BB:•Great democratic leader BB used EDHI's air ambulance for her election campaign and that too without the knowledge of Abdul

Lim Wei Jiet 🇲🇾

limweijiet

Have spent d last few days on "Dialog: Thoughts on Tunku's Timeless Thinking".What a remarkable & visually stunning memoir of Tunku Abdul Rahman. Here are 10 insightful nuggets of wisdom

Mason Adams

MasonAtoms

I retweeted this the other day to spur others to post, but wanted to list a few of my own."Appalachia: A History" by John Alexander Williams is a comprehensive history