#Literature

Red Sky At Night

redskyatnight

LRT: I don’t think it’s true that he got his knighthood specifically for that, but for his services to law generally. However, the fact remains that it is absolutely ABSURD

Ajab

yakabikaj

The Gulistan (Rose Garden) by the thirteenth-century poet Saʿdi is among the most beloved and widely-read works in the canon of #Persian literature. Did you know it was also an

Gwydion Suilebhan Wears a Mask, and So Should You

GwydionS

Joseph Epstein -- the man who wrote the Dr. Biden piece in the Wall Street Journal, which I refuse to share -- was my professor at Northwestern. He taught me

Nassim Nicholas Taleb

nntaleb

A mathematical mind works in reverse: a matrix is a special case of a tensor, a vector a special case of a matrix.In probability, those NonRussians who start from special

saliltripathi

saliltripathi

As today is gurupurnima, thread on teachers from whom I have learnt much over the years. School? Khandubhai who taught me by telling me stories at Montessori; Yashodhara Mehta and

Jeannette Ng 吳志麗

jeannette_ng

I've no particular desire to defend the classics but I do think the emerging dichotomy between toxic harmful classics and wholesome unproblematic diverse modern books is deeply reductive and unhelpful

Dr Raul Pacheco-Vega

raulpacheco

Somebody (I can’t honestly recall whom) recommended “How to Take Smart Notes” to me. I purchased it and read it this morning. Ahrens basically summarizes Niklas Luhmann’s method in English,

Dr. Johnathan Flowers says "Fuck your Academy."

shengokai

Every time something like this comes up, I say the following: mindfulness and meditation, as they cultivate an awareness of our embodiment and the ways that we are in an

Erika Stallings

quidditch424

So I am working on a presentation about challenges in increasing uptake of genetic counseling and testing in BW and one of the most interesting things I’m finding in the

Anurag Shukla

Anuraag_Shukla

Thread warning: A long thread coming on the life and work of Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o, a world-renowned Kenyan writer, scholar, and social activist. His seminal work, "Decolonising the Mind" is

Laura McWhirter

lauramcw

New paper now out online in @jnnp with @jonstoneneuro, @craig_ritchie68 and @AlanCarson15 This is a systematic review of performance validity test performance in clinical populations (Thread 1/12)http://jnnp.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/jnnp-20

taylor ✨

laphicets

[1/3]all right. let's talk about fanfiction commissions.BIG TAKEAWAYS HERE:-fanfic comms are, on average, far too underpriced. they should be at least 600% higher than the current average (~$7/1k).-writing IS labour.

Manasvin Rajagopalan

SouthAsianBuoy

Being an early modernist who works on non-Mughal South Asia is infuriating, because most of the books I need, never got reprints or paperback versions. One of the core texts

Will

willehelmwonka

To all the foreign "journalists" in China, if you can't read & understand a Chinese newspaper from cover to cover, or pass 9th grade Chinese Literature, then your opinion is

Syncity NG | Writing Community

SynCityNG

Are you finding it hard to write?Read this thread.Did it help?RT and tag someone who it might help too. Cr: @writerthreadsFollow @syncityng for the best of African literature, writing tips,

Emma Kennedy💙

EmmaKennedy

I see the Brexit Tories are now busy rewriting history saying everyone knew about No Deal when they voted in 2016.Bollocks.No Deal wasn’t mentioned once. Not once pre Ref. And

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