'One must shout, murmur, exult, madly until one can find the no doubt calm language of the no, unqualified, no as little qualified as possible.'

Missing Samuel Beckett, whose birthday it was yesterday, and who still teaches us how to say 'no.'

'Never has our future been more unpredictable, never have we depended so much on political forces that cannot be trusted to follow the rules of common sense and self-interest—forces that look like sheer insanity.'

— Hannah Arendt, 1951, The Origins of Totalitarianism

Keep renaming lol.

Two-week-old babies seem to recognise spoken nursery rhymes that were told to them in the uterus, adding further weight to the idea that language learning begins before birth. newscientist.com/article/242515…

Huge gratitude to @[email protected] for this exquisitely researched, inquisitive article that really joins the dots about what is happening at #Goldsmiths and elsewhere in the sector. With great insights from Des Freedman and Andrew McGettigan theguardian.com/education/2024…

Congratulations to Javier Zamora, winner of a 2024 Whiting Award for Nonfiction and Poetry! whiting.org/awards/winners…

“Lies by their very nature have to be changed, and a lying government has constantly to rewrite its own history.”

— Hannah Arendt, 1974

“What Benedict Anderson’s classic account of nationalism’s origins misses about today world”: newrepublic.com/article/179786…

Congratulations to Dr. Tasha Ausman! You make everyone you encounter, excellent. Dr. Tasha Ausman #UOttawa

make your next move your best move.

'Read, read, read. Read everything -- trash, classics, good and bad, and see how they do it. Just like a carpenter who works as an apprentice and studies the master. Read!'

William Faulkner

Coachella of poetry line-ups. #Rutgers #PoetryMonth

If you find injustice you'll find humans, and this mean that if you listen, you'll find love. #PoetryMonth #April

I have begged the animal inside me to release
           its captive light.

—Sara Daniele Rivera

poets.org/poem/quilla

Watching the total solar eclipse with our #WesternU community was magical this afternoon.

Thank you @westernuspace for getting us eclipse-ready all month long.

We are finally understanding why solitude is so important, and the best ways to spend time alone. newscientist.com/article/mg2613…

The #Eclipse2024 from Canada 🇨🇦

This is the shot of my life. What a day.

Turns out even the sun takes a study break now and then. 🌞🕶️ #VicsBeautifulCampus #UofT