#Literary

Ordo Ab Chao

perseus1977

@MatthewHartke often promotes cognitive dissonance theory as an explanation for the rise of early Christianity. So I read a piece he recommended entitled “The Process of Jesus’ Deification and Cognitive

Adriana Garriga-López, Ph.D.

anthrorican

How sad is the state of affairs in #PuertoRicanStudies that we can't even muster a dialogue through our association #PRSA, nor even issue a statement condemning Krug pretending to be

LL McKinney

ElleOnWords

Ok, so, first let me clarify a few things.When I say "stand-in bigotry," I mean characters act in some way that resembles bigotry in the real world, but it's not

Chryselle

chryselled

Here are some of my favorite newsletters for writers. Some are geared towards finding work, calls for pitches and general information for freelancers. Others are inspirational and get you going.

Max J. Joseph

DeadmanMax

After reading this article today, I had some time to collect my thoughts on it after my initial outrage. Persecuted groups in the region continue to struggle precisely because history

Venkatesh Rao

vgr

Plot and character are in some ways the commodity elements of fiction, and how-to books spend 90% of their words on those. But good genre fiction usually seems to center

Seth Abramson

SethAbramson

The two most talented and successful "curatorial journalists" on TV are Rachel Maddow and John Oliver. What I try to do on Substack via digital articles, source curation and thousands

I.S. Jones 🌖

isjonespoetry

gonna post poems from poets i love v much 1/30:“Invasive Species Self-Questionnaire” by Marwa Helal: “yes, this is a performance of my humanity. i am saying, “look, look at me.

Anne of Pak Cables

gobikafool

Been a long time I did this so, rt for a story plot based on you. Mutuals only. Also disclaimer: might make you the centre of a tragedy, don't come

Shinjini: Artist-in-residence 🎨

Modern_Gypsy

Short thread on some bookish reads for this #worldbookday2020 Let's kick it off with these 4 books across genres that I think everyone should read!https://moderngypsy.in/2019/09/09/4-book-recommendations-across-genres/ Folks who like to read

Crystal M. Moten

cmmphd

From my time teaching a Digital Community Engagement class @Macalester to creating my own digital humanities projects, including my latest @BlkHerstory101 podcast, Black Digital History has been a interest/priority/concern for

MoveOn

MoveOn

Inspired by the #BlackLivesMatter protests, many people are buying nonfiction books about anti-racism.Another way to better understand the lives of Black people is by reading literature, memoirs, and genre

Frank’s blocklist 😤

frnksblcks

I confiscated this idea from someone on the tl, but like for a picture of an item in my office (the warden’s office) I don’t have that many things in

Trung Phan

TrungTPhan

You've definitely heard of "The Hero's Journey", the narrative structure found in countless stories dating back to Homer's Odyssey in ~7th century BC. A great way to learn the framework:

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XilleIlahi

The sad story of Joshua E. Green, the last Jew in Jamshed Quarters. A thread. Ilyas Ahmed Ali was an Urdu teacher by day and small grocery shop owner by

Mark Witton

MarkWitton

For #FossilFriday, a thread on that most famous palaeontological banquet of all time: the 1853 NYE dinner in the @cpdinosaurs Iguanodon. I was chatting with folks about this last week