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Shauna Paull

@shauna_paull

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poet, mother, grandmother

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@shauna_paull
Shauna Paull
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@TheDHTaylor if the skirt has been gifted to them by someone in an Indigenous community - yes
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@Heidi__Matthews many UN workers have responded by saying that an ICJ decision in 1971, means that today's resolution is binding.
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2 months
@melaniejoly sanctions & 2 way embargo on the state of israel
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@shauna_paull
Shauna Paull
3 months
@USAmbUN There has been no public announcement from the state of Israel that journalists can find. Hamas responded with openness to Biden's proposal on May 31 and again immediately after the vote on 2735
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@shauna_paull
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@ElJonesPoet @torontolibrary i wrote back to them indicating I found this unplausible & shared the story of that poem having been translated into 44 languages & how beloved Rafaat was
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@shauna_paull
Shauna Paull
1 year
@Songstress28 thank you for this work, Brandi. hard & important & so appreciated. be well
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@shauna_paull
Shauna Paull
1 year
Artist Call for the Deer Lake Artist Residencies extended to May 2 - all creative forms welcome. Please feel free to share with those whose work might benefit from a residency on the lake - thanks!
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@shauna_paull
Shauna Paull
4 months
@Heidi__Matthews @SarahJama_ so disgusted by this. thank you Sarah
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@shauna_paull
Shauna Paull
3 months
@CanadaFP trade embargo & sanctions until they stop
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@shauna_paull
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4 months
@MosabAbuToha Mosab - I am so sorry you had to withstand that. thank you for sharing this with us
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@shauna_paull
Shauna Paull
1 year
Deer Lake Artist Residencies - call for artists is open for 23/24. Please share widely - artists from all creative forms are welcome.
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@shauna_paull
Shauna Paull
2 years
@baronjutter @RobShaw_BC @quinnmacdonald @AnjaliApp Eby was also the one that initiated the complaint despite that his third party union - the steelworkers signed up some members on his behalf
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Shauna Paull
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@EleanorWachtel oh, thanks to you & SFU - an amazing archive. so grateful we'll be able to return to these conversations. brava to all!
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@shauna_paull
Shauna Paull
1 year
@AngelaSterritt yikes! letter to their funder/org - that's just not okay in any way.
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@shauna_paull
Shauna Paull
1 year
@brandonshimoda any chance you would feel free to share Etel's list - that might help an awful lot of us -
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@shauna_paull
Shauna Paull
9 months
@melaniejoly thank you. I think the UNSC needs to be restructured so that the US no longer has veto power - ceasefire now.
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@shauna_paull
Shauna Paull
1 year
@pressprogress disgraceful & completely disrespectful
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@shauna_paull
Shauna Paull
2 months
@mehdirhasan @Bsamuels0 not to mention 'black jobs' which was also disgusting
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@shauna_paull
Shauna Paull
4 months
someone needs to remind arnold about women in canada
@theJagmeetSingh
Jagmeet Singh
4 months
This is Arnold Viersen, one of Pierre Poilievre’s favourite Conservative MPs. Yesterday, he attacked a woman’s right to choose in Parliament - today, he marched on Parliament Hill demanding those rights be taken away.
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@shauna_paull
Shauna Paull
11 months
@secretcityrcrds @jdutchermusic thank you - beautiful gift for this week
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@shauna_paull
Shauna Paull
2 years
@AngelaSterritt Wow - brava - so painful though
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Shauna Paull
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@MosabAbuToha thank you mosab. no words these days. just bereft.
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@shauna_paull
Shauna Paull
11 months
everyone - this was very heartening. if you have time, give a listen
@blkwomenradical
Black Women Radicals
11 months
🇵🇸Watch the playback of “Black Feminist Writers and Palestine” on YouTube. 🍉 Featuring: @ClarissaMBrooks , Angela Y. Davis, @TheBlackLayers , @brionasimone , Beverly Guy-Sheftall & @JaimeeSwift . 🔗:
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Shauna Paull
8 months
The birth of this new year seems like a fitting occasion to re-post this piece…“Shaman’s Child” by Silas Qayaqjuaq, carved in antler and dated 2004. A reminder of the gift of each life on the planet
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@shauna_paull
Shauna Paull
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@DesmondCole @occupyuoft i think people of good conscience all across the country both witnessed and understood the vitality and importance of the UofT encampment. Brava to our young people
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@shauna_paull
Shauna Paull
4 months
@antloewenstein @ABCTV yes, it was a great program, but right now ISr is evacuating Rafah in advance of the ground offensive
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@shauna_paull
Shauna Paull
4 months
@WearThePeaceCo thank you for sharing this information. i have written to the president and Dr. Y's colleagues.
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@shauna_paull
Shauna Paull
4 months
@mehdirhasan @GretaThunberg @NaomiAKlein @fbhutto @Byoussef thank you very much for this. for me, it also celebrates the tenderness & the bravery of the Palestinian people.
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@shauna_paull
Shauna Paull
1 year
@DennisWardNews thank you for reporting this - I appreciate knowing ceremony is being planned to redress this
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@shauna_paull
Shauna Paull
1 year
@Songstress28 thank you for sharing - that's stunning
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@shauna_paull
Shauna Paull
9 months
UN General Assembly passes resolution calling for ceasefire The resolution passed in a vote of: 153 in favour 10 against and 23 abstentions.
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@shauna_paull
Shauna Paull
2 years
@AngelaSterritt heavy sigh - VPD possibly beyond learning
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@shauna_paull
Shauna Paull
2 years
thank you for sharing this!
@bcyukonprizes
BC and Yukon Book Prizes
2 years
@shauna_paull ’s melodious works in blue gait express embodiment through relatedness, the wild garden, and the conflict zone. Richly flavoured west coast poetry.”– @JoanneArnott3 , author of A Night for the Lady.
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@shauna_paull
Shauna Paull
2 years
@AngelaSterritt Lorelai from butterflies in spirit - they've been doing this work in and around vancouver for several years.
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@shauna_paull
Shauna Paull
6 months
CALL FOR ARTISTS! The intake for applications for the Deer Lake Artist Residencies in 2025 is now open! Go to our website to apply now: DEADLINE IS APRIL 8, 2024
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@shauna_paull
Shauna Paull
11 months
@LCPal_ca @CJPME wow. good idea - let's fight among one another - that will help the goal of a lasting peace
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@shauna_paull
Shauna Paull
2 years
@avilewis @DonnaClarksnaps @AnjaliApp does anyone have emails addys for the executive. I want to write my own letter to each of them - thanks if you know
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@shauna_paull
Shauna Paull
5 months
friends - this is a beautiful, generous and life-affirming conversation and especially interesting in its consideration of form - give a listen, you'll be grateful you did.
@Tin_House
Tin House
5 months
🎙️✨ On Between The Covers📖, @davidnaimon and Alexis Wright discuss Wright's latest novel Praiseworthy, a novel of Aboriginal invention, adaptation, and vision. Listen:
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Shauna Paull
11 months
@KevinFalcon @BCUnitedCaucus i think they are largely peace rallies. leaders might call for peace and a ceasefire -
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@shauna_paull
Shauna Paull
11 months
@neilsenglenn @TheFiddlehd @emilyjaneriddle i wrote to the fiddlehead last night and rec'd a note of apology early this morning & I made the suggestion that they publish and apology and get someone else to do an informed review, which they say will happen. I suggest as many as possible write so this doesn't happen again.
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Shauna Paull
10 months
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@jorie_graham
Jorie Graham
10 months
US officials sign memo criticizing White House for ‘unwillingness to de-escalate’ Israel-Hamas war
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Shauna Paull
1 year
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@shauna_paull
Shauna Paull
7 months
@jorie_graham i just keep writing letters. it feels small but I just keep writing anyway.
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@shauna_paull
Shauna Paull
1 year
@TheBreakdownAB that poor child. how awful to lay your hatred on the shoulders of a little one.
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@shauna_paull
Shauna Paull
11 months
and thanks to all who made poems and read poems and continue to support poetry for all of us!
@SurreyMuse
Surrey Muse Arts Society (SMAS)
11 months
Congratulations, Jessica, Shauna, Dale. What a pleasure!
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Shauna Paull
11 months
@mmeenaakshii Not sure of details but possibly initiating that campaign had to do with the ongoing threat of the freedom convoy into ottawa today or tomorrow, which caused the cancelation of the FSIS gathering on parliament hill in honour of the Oct 4 National sisters in spirit.
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@shauna_paull
Shauna Paull
4 months
@michellecyca there was a petition to the city early this morning to ask that they reconsider this - got a response from pete fry saying he's trying
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Shauna Paull
1 year
@DennisWardNews she missed structural racism 101
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@shauna_paull
Shauna Paull
2 years
@JeanSwanson_ I am sorry to hear this & also eby was touting law & order too which is not a surprise but it is disappointing - we'll just all have to dig in and create a supportive rhizome for folks who need it - thank you for all your work, Jean
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@shauna_paull
Shauna Paull
3 months
@MosabAbuToha so sorry mosab,,,this is so unacceptable. It sounds like the organizers aren't poets and understand very little about how to support and celebrate artists. so disrespectful.
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@shauna_paull
Shauna Paull
5 months
friends, let's step up for UNRWA - several countries who paused funding have resumed it but this won't make up the deficit. I have made a donation and I invite everyone who can to give today. here's a link:
@FRANCE24
FRANCE 24
5 months
Reporters - Thirty days to save UNRWA: Following UN agency chief Lazzarini in his race against time ➡️
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Shauna Paull
2 years
@AngelaSterritt Loretta Todd
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Shauna Paull
1 year
@strombo thank you - what a wonderful photograph
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@shauna_paull
Shauna Paull
1 year
Call for applications opens today! More info is here: please consider sharing with artists in your communities for whom a residency might be helpful.
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Shauna Paull
1 year
@Nehiyahskwew oh, no words. can't even
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@shauna_paull
Shauna Paull
5 months
@NRC_Egeland @rulajebreal international media are not allowed in but I have to share that the work of gazan journalists has been consistent throughout and they are on the ground. their work has been excellent despite being targetted by the IDF.
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@shauna_paull
Shauna Paull
1 year
Free Wrongfully Jailed Indigenous Writer, Domestic Violence Survivor Dawn Dumont Walker - Sign the Petition! via @CdnChange
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@shauna_paull
Shauna Paull
3 months
folks - let's amplify this - the letter is excellent & important. just copy & paste & email to JT & your local MP. Thanks to all for this fine work
@AlexNeve24
Alex Neve
3 months
"Canadians who support the letter can send their own email with a copy of it to the Prime Minister at Justin.trudeau @parl .gc.ca. along with a copy your own Member of Parliament."
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@shauna_paull
Shauna Paull
4 months
@ethangettes thank you
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Shauna Paull
1 year
@hystericalblkns absolutely, this applies to residencies and grants as well.
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@shauna_paull
Shauna Paull
11 months
congrats, jessica & to all. and everyone whose labour made this happen.
@JessicaLeeMcM
Jessica Lee McMillan (she/her)
11 months
Just stunned and deeply honoured to be longlisted among some of my favourite people for the @SurreyMuse Vera Manuel Poetry Aware @shauna_paull @cat_writes_604 @Dale_A_Tracy
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@shauna_paull
Shauna Paull
2 years
@MegzyCole sorry to hear - here's a counter note: you have been doing very beautiful, community-building work which is much appreciated by tons of writers around here!
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Shauna Paull
1 year
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@shauna_paull
Shauna Paull
2 months
@ann_ines27 what kind of sickness...
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@shauna_paull
Shauna Paull
6 months
friends, this is really worth a listen. I so appreciated the deep wisdom & long experience in this conversation & the care of the organizing.
@nayelijs
Nayeli Jimenez
6 months
Grateful for the deep knowledge, care, and powerful truths that @HarshaWalia , @YafaJarrar , @EllenGabriel1 , @rach_small , and @MayaLillianM are sharing with all of us about how critical it is for us to connect our struggles. #FreePalestine Recording will be available soon!
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@shauna_paull
Shauna Paull
11 months
it's disappointing that you stand up and address your colleagues now when you did not stand in solidarity with sarah jamas advocacy
@MaritStiles
Marit Stiles
11 months
We can't look away from the situation in Israel & Palestine. We call for a ceasefire. An end to the siege of Gaza. Urgent humanitarian aid. The release of all hostages. I challenge my fellow MPPs to consider how we can help end the scourge of war & terror. To fight for peace.
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@shauna_paull
Shauna Paull
8 months
@JessicaLeeMcM @rosegardenca @pennkemp so lovely. congrats jessica -
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Shauna Paull
1 year
@JohnVaillant @CabinRadio @s_guilbeault wow. so sensitive to the historical moment -
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@shauna_paull
Shauna Paull
10 months
@MiddleEastEye wholly sickening
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@shauna_paull
Shauna Paull
9 months
this was entirely beautiful to listen alongside
@Tin_House
Tin House
9 months
On Between The Covers, @davidnaimon discusses Tone with authors Kate Zambreno & Sofia Samatar, an investigation of the ever-elusive notion of tone in writing.✍️ 🎙Listen:
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@shauna_paull
Shauna Paull
3 months
folks - this is an amazing conversation. give a listen if you can make time.
@WARSCAPES
Radical Books Collective 🇵🇸🍉
3 months
Insurgent Feminisms 4: Poetry of Witness
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@shauna_paull
Shauna Paull
8 months
@JessicaLeeMcM @roblucastaylor @TWSSFU @EVENTmags @CrabCreekRev @rosegardenca such a pleasure working with you jessica - honoring the life of your beautiful work as it makes its way out into the world - all good things -
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@shauna_paull
Shauna Paull
4 months
@TalulaSha @macklemore isn't that beautiful
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@shauna_paull
Shauna Paull
2 years
@RussDiabo gack. so unlikely given her conduct
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1 year
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@shauna_paull
Shauna Paull
9 months
@shuvmajumdar this is incorrect information. this is the number who have died *without* safe supply availability. further, you're bullying the witness as a Canadian MP is unacceptable. Go to America if you want to bully citizens.
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@shauna_paull
Shauna Paull
4 months
@brandonwintpoet still here. trying my best to bear witness to this genocide which is my job as a poet
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@shauna_paull
Shauna Paull
1 year
Friends, applications are open for the deer lake artist residencies in Burnaby. I used to coordinate these residencies and I think you'll find it is a lovely opportunity. Deadline is April 20/23 More info here:
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@shauna_paull
Shauna Paull
4 months
@MayadeenEnglish some folks are saying that is really what the port is about, for a forced migration
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1 year
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@shauna_paull
Shauna Paull
5 months
this person should not be near youth. she is not a legitimate educator - not in any sense or from any direction.
@ELDV4Palestine
Eglinton-Lawrence + Don Valley West 4 Palestine
5 months
Under @YorkUniversity Pres. Rhonda, admin has acted egregiously to silence 🇵🇸 students and faculty. Upset about this video? Let Rhonda Lenton know how you feel at president @yorku .ca and CC the Humanities chair and Prof. Jean Rosenfeld at rosenfel @yorku .ca and humachr @yorku .ca.
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@shauna_paull
Shauna Paull
10 months
congrats, lydia - so looking forward to reading this!
@lydiakwa
lydiakwa (she/her)
10 months
Copies of "A Dream Wants Waking" are here! My thanks and deep appreciation to @wolsakandwynn , Paul Vermeersch and @wordwomon and everyone who put love into this novel! 🩷
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@shauna_paull
Shauna Paull
1 year
@hystericalblkns yes, such a wonderful book! I taught a whole session this summer on just ordinary notes - and students are asking for more...it's a really important book for all of us
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@shauna_paull
Shauna Paull
4 months
@RafeefGarbi interesting in the context of all the antisemitism we keep hearing about.
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@shauna_paull
Shauna Paull
3 months
@omarsuleiman504 this seems like incitement to genocide - so he may get his day in court
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@shauna_paull
Shauna Paull
2 years
@jobitek yes it is - thank you for making it - I am so appreciating spending time with it!
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@shauna_paull
Shauna Paull
10 months
thank you Rob - gonna get there in a bit & very grateful to have the opportunity to listen to artists like these two today
@roblucastaylor
Rob Taylor
10 months
Watching one of these keynotes will be the best 20 minutes of your day, I promise!
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@shauna_paull
Shauna Paull
2 years
@AngelaSterritt poetry: Jordan Abel's Nisgha, Katerena Vermette: river woman; Matthew Weigel's white mud walking; Billy Rae Belcourt A minor chorus; annie ross: some people fall in the lodge and then eat berries all winter; Tawahum Bige: cut to fortress; Sophie Crocker: Brat;
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@shauna_paull
Shauna Paull
1 year
happy for you both @_c_n_ - and grateful for both these books -
@jobitek
Otoniya J Okot Bitek, Personal account
1 year
Yay for A is for Acholi and Harrowing by @_c_n_ keeping company with the Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize nominations!
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@shauna_paull
Shauna Paull
11 months
@AngelaSterritt wow! amazing line up -
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