"We tend to see writing in books as an act of defacement. But readers in the Renaissance thought that if you didn’t leave notes in a book then you were being lazy and passive. You weren’t doing the job of engaging with the text and answering back to it”
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I feel ashamed that it was only until recently that I learned about the remarkable life of Gilberto Bosques Saldívar, who saved tens of thousands of people from extermination. Also, I would like the term "the Mexican Schindler" to disappear. https://t.co/7wBzRgGjet
A clip from our film was part of @ValeriaLuiselli's brilliant article today in the @nytimes! The brutality of Trump's campaign against immigrants juxtaposed with the inspiring Kid Quixotes of Still Waters in a Storm! #Immigration#AbolishICE#kidquixote https://t.co/jb30hgxsys
“I respect our culture. I respect high human articulation in every form. But the root of this culture is false. And if we do nothing, everything continues anyway.” —László Krasznahorkai https://t.co/4LJkAlDcKK
Bueno, lo del asno no lo voy a discutir -cada quien vota por el animalito que quiera- pero Calígula no hizo cónsul a su caballo. Es una fake news histórica y está comprobado (ya sé, ya sé, pero soy nerd de la historia de Roma, no pude evitarlo). Buen domingo asnal a todos. https://t.co/lfIEi7Xe8f
June 20th is World Refugee Day, when "we commemorate the strength, courage and perseverance of millions of refugees." https://t.co/k6PD8OmkB9 More on FB: https://t.co/rCvtKiZOwm Record Number Of People Were Displaced In 2017 https://t.co/Lgx7WcBahl #WithRefugees
José Saramago falleció hoy hace ocho años. Alguna vez dijo: ¨Sólo si nos detenemos a pensar en las pequeñas cosas llegaremos a comprender las grandes."
I am yet to come down from the highs of generosity, inspiration and insight from the fantastic group of scholars and admins that gathered at Southwestern University last week for the pilot Faculty of Color United for Success institute.