Liisa Stephenson

Communications director. Bibliophile. Runner. First-gen grad (McGill/U of Guelph). Lover of lakes.

[helen warlow @HWarlow]

Holly Farrell
Canadian painter (Ontario)
Nostalgia drives her subject matter
Here there are books read as a children. Beautifully loved and distressed.

[Steven Pinker @sapinker]

How to speak: When I was at MIT, everyone knew that this talk by my colleague, AI pioneer Patrick Winston, was one of the Institute's treasures.

[Joseph Fasano @Joseph_Fasano_]

In the Netherlands, if a person dies alone, without any family or friends as mourners, a poet will be sent to write a poem and read it at the burial service. It's called the Lonely Funeral Project, and it's just humans being good humans.

[Neri Zilber @NeriZilber]

I opened a bookshop. It was the best, worst thing I’ve ever done.

One of the most beautiful pieces you’ll read all year, or any year. Free access for all. ⁦@FT⁩ https://t.co/q1N5yPWutd

[Faber Books @FaberBooks]

'He wasn’t just a brilliant creative artist and a marvellous entertainer, he was a conscience to us all.'

Tom Stoppard’s biographer, Hermione Lee, reflects on his dazzling wit and scrupulous integrity.

https://t.co/zX2FSZad0e

[Simon Schama @simon_schama]

Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. https://t.co/7fIr553ojM Striking how this tribute completely and correctly contradicts the condescending and grudging obit by Bruce Weber also in @nytimes

[James Marriott @j_amesmarriott]

I wrote this about the decline of literacy - books are the foundation of serious thought. A society in which nobody reads will be one that soon finds itself unable to think.
https://t.co/njF9zocG9b

[des_linden @des_linden]

Let’s have ourselves a day. #BostonMarathon

[Neil Renic @NC_Renic]

A podcast where parents try to explain their children’s PhD

[Susan Cain @susancain]

“You must have a room, or a certain hour or so a day, where you don’t know what was in the newspapers that morning..."

You should really watch this video.
#QuietLife

https://t.co/23At5qN4Ig

[World Athletics @WorldAthletics]

SIFAN HASSAN OLYMPIC MARATHON CHAMP ‼️

🇳🇱's @SifanHassan storms to the 🥇 in the marathon after a crazy sprint finish with world record-holder Tigist Assefa.

2:22:55 Olympic record⏱️

That's her 3rd medal at @Paris2024 😤

#Paris2024 #Olympics

[Liisa Stephenson @liisastephenson]

Go Dan! 🇨🇦🏃🏻‍♂️

[Paris 2024 @Paris2024]

HERE WE GO 🎽
This is the start of the Marathon Pour Tous. On the same route, on the same day than the athletes. The first ever open event after the Olympic one. The street of Paris are yours, enjoy the race! ✨
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C'est le départ 🎽
Le Marathon Pour Tous est lancé ! Sur le même parcours, le même jour que les athlètes des Jeux. Le premier évènement grand public après une épreuve olympique. Les rues de Paris sont à vous, bonne course à tous ✨

[Devin Heroux @Devin_Heroux]

CANADA 🇨🇦 WINS THE GOLD

CANADA HAS WON GOLD

THE CANADIAN MEN’S 4x100m SHOCK THE WORLD

THEY ARE OLYMPIC CHAMPIONS

[rohit @krishnanrohit]

A weird side effect of using Twitter a lot is that you constantly feel you're two news cycles in front of most people when you speak with them. I don't know if this is necessarily good.

[Liisa Stephenson @liisastephenson]

@annemichaels_ Congratulations! Just finished it and loved it. I read it, very slowly, over a week’s vacation, so I could savour each image, thought and phrase. Agree with the judge’s comment that it seems to alter one’s state of mind - title perfectly captures the feeling. Beautifully done.

[The Paris Review @parisreview]

The Paris Review mourns the loss of Edna O’Brien (1930–2024). In celebration of her life and work, we’ve unlocked her Art of Fiction interview from our archive.

https://t.co/RjQnKtdpro

[Impressions @impression_ists]

John Singer Sargent, Staircase in Capri

[Joseph Fasano @Joseph_Fasano_]

When I come across one of my own books in a bookstore, I sometimes write something in it for the person who will choose it.

[Liisa Stephenson @liisastephenson]

@ALibraryAtNight It’s wild out there!

[兔兒神 @chenchenwrites]

this poem is so summer and very mortal. sweet, sweet, and with the urgent knowledge of all that must end. still, what is there to do but open