Glen Retief

Writer: "The Jack Bank." Columnist @dailymaverick "Letter from Trumpland." Teaches @SU_Writers. 2021-22 #FulbrightScholar

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I had no idea that I lived down the road from a single cave that radically changed the timeline of human inhabitation of the America. Thanks to @DailyMaverick for printing my account of visiting Meadowcroft Rock Shelter. https://t.co/rixTOAJaJW

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My visit to Carlisle Indian Industrial school reopened some painful memories, and opened m eyes to a cultural genocide. https://t.co/FGMdAMecWo

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@d_feldman Also, Occam's razor? Might the fact that the Trump administration is so clearly opposed to international cooperation be a likelier explanation for the hostility to USAid than Elon 's distant South African past?

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@d_feldman Comes as amazing news to me that usaid played such a significant role in bringing apartheid to an end. I would have thought other organizations like the African National Congress, United Democratic front, and pan-african Congress might have had a tad more to do with it.

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The best book I read over winter break was by a stunning debut memoirist, Patricia Coral. What a talent! Here is my review for River Teeth: A Journal of Nonfiction Narrative. https://t.co/y56jIocFLu

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A brilliant short memoir about family secrets, by my dear frend and colleague Kathy Flann. PMy favorite line: "I try to control my facial expressions, as it dawns on me that I never knew anything at all — that my life is a lie." https://t.co/dLzlpLNqCo

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August 9th update:

Estimated daily infections reach 1 million. Remarkable infection rates for a summer surge. Only BA.2->BA.5 was higher in the 2022 summer.

🔸1,000,000 new infections/day
🔸1 in every 33 people currently infected
🔸74% higher than 12 month avg.

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@thinkhasie I've already started canvassing for Harris/Walz here in Sunbury.

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Did you know that Quakers were the main inventors of solitary confinement? That America today imprisons Black Americans at roughly the same rate that Stalin locked up Russians? My @dailymaverick latest: https://t.co/zoIN51I5dw

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@TRACN4route Still blocked as of 9:26

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I could not be more thrilled or honoured than to have my essay "Ghost Fish," about the coelacanth, in this special Michigan Quarterly Review, edited by Chris Abani, and dedicated to new directions in African Literature. https://t.co/aoTW1s1hVT

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I entered a coal country boilo competition, and came dead last. Here is the story, published in Daily Maverick. As usual, if the page asks for your email address, just refresh and you'll be able to read it. https://t.co/YxipkeS8ln

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My thoughts on South Africa's genocide case in The Hague. Please click "Recommend"! https://t.co/c4N2wD1nWc

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My latest in @dailymaverick, about Metacom, the chief who almost kicked the English out of North America. https://t.co/FQnxdPMGMv

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I reviewed Thomas Gannon's wonderful birding memoir for River Teeth: A Journal of Nonfiction Narrative. During my recent long stay in South Africa, birding brought my childhood home of Kruger Park alive for me in a new way. https://t.co/lP2xveJmuc

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I just signed the @AuthorsGuild's Open Letter to Generative AI Leaders calling on them to compensate writers fairly for the use of copyrighted materials in their AI programs. Sign here: https://t.co/WwgrCNq0C6

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@Klonksky @MitchAlbom Sigh, Gone by Phuc Tran.

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@Klonksky @MitchAlbom Have you tried Angela's Ashes by Frank McCourt or The Liars Club by Mary Karr?

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I'm very happy to share this travel essay about visiting Chaco Canyon, New Mexico. Doing so was one of the most exhilirating experiences of my life, probably because, rather in than in spite of, the physical discomfort. https://t.co/jjE9EUoXcg

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3 of 5 stars to Spare by Prince Harry https://t.co/rE8aHlovKl