#Prose

Tweeting Historians

Tweetistorian

1/25 Today, I will continue looking at the lives of Palestinian poets in the context of the intellectual battle over modernizing Arabic poetry after 1948. A marginalized and maligned figure

Paul Mitchener, virtual pub landlord.

TheTweedmeister

Thread of positivity about fantasy literature. Here goes, authors and books time, and yes, nothing too out there. But here goes, in no particular order. Earthsea (Ursula Le Guin). Beautiful

john milbank

johnmilbank3

James Hawes notes that Harry Potter turned round the fortunes of public schools. Their products now over-dominate acting, media, sports, Oxbridge. But have state schools and universities learnt from this

Sheshapatangi1 ಪ್ರಭಾ ಮಗ ಈ ಅಲೆಮಾರಿ ಅಯ್ಯಂಗಾರಿ

sheshapatangi1

Who Was #BharatenduHarishchandra?Harishchandra created amazing poems and dramas that left benchmark. In 1880, the scholars of Kashi bestowed him with the title ‘Bharatendu. There is hardly an individual who hasn’t

Kinjal Shah

_kinjalbshah

Over the past few months, I became serious about improving my writing. The scariest part is always (1) hitting publish (2) comparing to others. I’ve found a few tactical tips

Happy Holl-Zabé-s

ZREllor

#TheFinalFifteen Marketability! Let’s talk about it. New writers can get justifiably frustrated when trying to figure out what makes a ‘marketable’ book. Agents and editors discourage trend-chasing, but reject books

Quillan Gornt

QGornt

A thread for those interested in permitting mining projects in USA. The $NAK Pebble Mine is a fascinating case study. My takeaway is that despite USA's extraordinarily costly requirements to

Ash

MixedClassicist

Have you seen the awful article published last week, by an Oxbridge senior lecturer in classics, which argues that racism doesn't exist in the discipline and that attempts to decolonise

Ambrosia™ That Person with the Powerful Voice 😌

ambrosia_omG

Exactly. So, once a year from the 1st to the 6th of August, the country should cease all but emergency (NOT 'essential') services & host a series of cultural events.https://twitter.com/Nationwideradio/status/1337093694462324739

Ebony Elizabeth Thomas

Ebonyteach

Once upon a time, I was a huge literary snob. I sincerely believed in canons and canonicity.I didn't recover until my PhD program, when I was forced to confront WHY

Sam Byers

byers90

Since we’re talking about this: one of the things the publishing industry could do quickly and easily to change what kind of work is submitted to them and from whom

Daniel Pietersen

pietersender

For @FolkloreThurs and their day of #villains in #myth and #folklore , here’s a thread on everyone’s favourite Norse trickster.Ratatoskr the squirrel!#FolkloreThursday #squirrel #norse #myth #LokiWho Ratatoskr, or drill-tooth, lives

Darling Iso

LostDarlingGirl

The Ways He Owns MeWith words, a elegant, luminous filthy words captivating my deepest being. A resonance of prose and creating that releases pounding, into a literature of fucking, filling,

William Gillis 🏴

rechelon

What are the primary causes behind people disagreeing with you? Why do whole discourses, movements, and possibly even academic fields exist that embrace models and values you find plainly incorrect?Is

Robbie Maakestad

RobbieMaakestad

@The_Rumpus is open for essay submissions until February 28, so here’s a #RumpusEssays thread in which our amazing editors share what they would like to see in submissions. Give them

Bronwyn Williams

bronwynwilliams

Completely free non-fiction advent calendar thread. One book recommendation a day from my best-of 2020 reading list. Happy holidays. Day 1: Skin in the Game by @nntaleb - not new

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