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Richard A. Brait retweeted
“And so Hedda in her own way,
showed us that she had a killer inside her.”
@rabrait (MFA ‘22) won the 2021 Gwendolyn MacEwen Poetry Competition for his seven-poem suite "Ibsen in the Movies." @ExileSocial
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Richard A. Brait retweeted
Just get yourself to morning - / that troll turned to stone by the sun's hard glow. /
Don't let the dreams that stalk you / in the night survive the dawning.
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MFA student @rabrait published his poem "The Night Troll at the Window" @dalhousiereview.
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Today, March 5, is the day Akhmatova died. If you didn't read her Requiem, please do. These days it is particularly meaningful. Meaningful, too, that she was born in Odessa, where explosions are heard this very moment.
Richard A. Brait retweeted
"It was a cheap fly -
synthetic pink and
a bright white wing..."
Richard A. Brait ( MFA student ) had two poems published in the Winter 2022 issue of @thenewquarterly: The African Queen and Black Paintings.
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Richard A. Brait retweeted
Today, 3 January is the birthdate of J. R. R. Tolkien, who was born in 1892.
Blackwell's was Tolkien's first publisher with 'Goblin Feet' accepted in the annual Oxford Poetry for the year 1915.
With the hindsight of age, it was not a favourite piece of his own work.
Richard A. Brait retweeted
"Demanding that health-care workers get a needle is not cruel and unusual punishment, it’s a health and safety requirement." writes @reggcohn in today's @TorontoStar. #COVID19Ontario
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Richard A. Brait retweeted
"Honestly, in my 12 years as president, it was one of the easiest decisions."
@SenecaCollege president David Agnew on why his school became the first post-secondary institution in Canada to require vaccinations as a condition of coming on campus. #Opinion thestar.com/opinion/contribu…
Richard A. Brait retweeted
Only fitting Tim seals it with a save. #GoHop
Richard A. Brait retweeted
Balliol's Broad Street facade, probably in the 1890s, from a collection of early lantern glass slides of Oxford, taken by the Scottish photographer George Washington Wilson.
Richard A. Brait retweeted
When you are dead, you don't know you are dead. It's pain only for others.
It's the same thing when you are stupid.
Richard A. Brait retweeted
Love yourself. But also analyze and be critical of how you think, act & behave. Self love without self awareness is useless. Be accountable.
Richard A. Brait retweeted
Physics is like sex: sure, it may give some practical results, but that's not why we do it.
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Colombian author Gabriel Garcia Márquez was the godfather of magical realism. To celebrate his birthday, here's our essential guide on where to start with his work 👇
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Richard A. Brait retweeted
The Feynman Lectures on Physics, the most popular physics book ever written, are completely online. Read it here:
Volume 1: feynmanlectures.caltech.edu/…
Volume 2: feynmanlectures.caltech.edu/…
Volume 3: feynmanlectures.caltech.edu/…
Richard A. Brait retweeted
Schrödinger's Plates:
They are both broken and not broken until you open the door.
Richard A. Brait retweeted
Hey moms and dads, aunts and uncles, and anyone who’s been getting asked about Santa Claus’ travel plans this year - call over the little ones in your life, or save this post to share with them later, because I’ve got an update on Santa for them. ⤵️
Richard A. Brait retweeted
“Throughout, the moving struggle between the desire for connection with the living and the ‘bruise’ of the ghosts of those who have died rises off the page.”
A ⭐️ starred ⭐️ review for @MarkCWunderlich's GOD OF NOTHINGNESS @PublishersWkly. @GraywolfPress
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When COVID lockdowns started, the use of cash plummeted. Is a fully cashless world on the horizon? How would that affect people outside the formal financial system? Professor Raghuram Rajan shares his insights on the Pandemic Economics podcast: ms.spr.ly/6010pTR0y