Heather Simeney MacLeod (she/her/hers)

Metis (@AProudBCNation) | writer (@scholarmqup @turnstonepress) | Professor (@Thompsonriversu) Ph. D. (@ualberta) | Masters in Creative Writing (@EdinburghUni)

[Sagnamaðr Stark @Sagnamadr]

@AnInnes3 There are a few good poets left, and when we find them, we need to promote them. Ex. Jeramy Dodds; he relatively recently wrote an excellent new translation of the Poetic Edda, focusing on keeping it poetic.

[Australian Entomological Society @Aust_Ent_Soc]

Mary Finlay-Doney sharing the importance of stingless bees 🐝 in the North of Australia #AusEntoSoc18

[Ken Hunt @Jkchunt]

Listen to my amateur reading of the second poem from Jeramy Dodds's translation of The Poetic Edda (with apologies for several likely mispronunciations): https://t.co/p1oQKCf8lQ

[Memories of Discipline @asolitarypagan]

The Poetic Edda -Jeramy Dodds Poetry Book Aus Stock https://t.co/iLAsD8G6rw

[Doug Aoki @Nantanreikan]

I choose to interpret this as a critique of capitalism and consumerism.

[London Review of Books @LRB]

They blessed the boats on Thursday at the docks.
By Friday, the wind was high, and late in the night
came torrents. To cancel a dive because of showers

creates an elemental paradox.

from ‘Epiphany’, a poem by Ange Mlinko: https://t.co/SWL5bHF9a4

[Heather Simeney MacLeod (she/her/hers) @HeatherSimeney]

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[Heather Simeney MacLeod (she/her/hers) @HeatherSimeney]

Rest in peace poet, singer, songwriter, actor, activist, drinker, partier, musician

[Heather Simeney MacLeod (she/her/hers) @HeatherSimeney]

If you're in the Kamloops area, consider attending the Indigenous Film Festival running from 27 September to 29 September. The Indigenous Film Festival is featuring a series of collaborative quilts made from three of my classes from Thompson Rivers University. #tru #yka

[Sagnamaðr Stark @Sagnamadr]

Thought I’d review an often overlooked translation of the Poetic Edda; the 2014 one by Jeramy Dodds.
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Dodds is a Canadian professional poet and academic, and his translation shows a focus on keeping it poetic, with a strong understanding of the Old Icelandic poetic form.

[Heather Simeney MacLeod (she/her/hers) @HeatherSimeney]

Help us spread the word as we advocate for Métis-informed education and the welfare of all Métis K-12 learners. Share the Letter here:

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[Tanya Talaga @TanyaTalaga]

In its pain and its hope, Winnipeg is Canada’s most vital laboratory for reconciliation, column by ⁦@Niigaanwewidam⁩. His new book, Wînipêk - Visions of Canada from an Indigenous Centre, is out May 28. https://t.co/tVaiFAJPDz

[Heather Simeney MacLeod (she/her/hers) @HeatherSimeney]

#sidneyshouldbehere
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[Eric Alper 🎧 @ThatEricAlper]

Canadian author Alice Munro, the 2013 Nobel Prize winner for literature, has died at the age of 92.
Her ability to transform the mundane into the extraordinary made her one of the most significant literary voices of her time - or any time, and she will be deeply missed.

[Heather O'Neill @lethal_heroine]

Devastated to her about Alice Munro’s passing. Last month I reread all of Alice Munro’s books. I felt the need to be close to her. Every time I read her is a new experience. Every time changes me. She will live forever.

[The Paris Review @parisreview]

In celebration of her life and work, we’ve unlocked two stories by Alice Munro: “Spaceships Have Landed” and “Circle of Prayer.”

https://t.co/uCrt3zOsln

[Alice Rawsthorn @alicerawsthorn]

Always look up… Or you might miss Rachel Whiteread’s beautiful Tree of Life on the facade of the Whitechapel Gallery.
⁦@_TheWhitechapel⁩

[Dr. Robyn Michaud @GiwedinAnangKwe]

50% of the kids in care in Canada are Indigenous. They only make up about 8% of the child population.

Currently, 91% of the kids in care in Manitoba are Indigenous.

There are more Indigenous kids in care at this moment in Canada than in residential schools at their height.

[Heather Simeney MacLeod (she/her/hers) @HeatherSimeney]

Thinking of everyone I know and adore in Yellowknife. #Yellowknife #Evacuation #BeSafe
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