Kailin Wright

Associate Professor @stfxuniversity @StFXEnglish. Theatre, Books, Coffee. Author of Political Adaptation in Canadian Theatre for @McGillQueensUP.

[Kailin Wright @Wrighterk]

@stfxuniversity @AAU_AUA Congratulations!

[Margaret E Atwood @MargaretAtwood]

Here's a piece of literature by me, suitable for seventeen-year-olds in Alberta schools, unlike -- we are told -- The Handmaid's Tale. (Sorry, kids; your Minister of Education thinks you are stupid babies.)

John and Mary were both very, very good children. They never picked their noses or had bowel movements or zits. They grew up and married each other, and produced five perfect children without ever having sex. Although they claimed to be Christian, they paid no attention to what Jesus actually said about the poor and the Good Samaritan and forgiving your enemies and such; instead, they practised selfish rapacious capitalism, because they worshipped Ayn Rand. (Though they ignored the scene in The Fountainhead where “welcomed rape” is advocated, because who wants to dwell, and also that would have involved sex and would de facto be pornographic. Well, it kind of is, eh?) Oh, and they never died, because who wants to dwell on, you know, death and corpses and yuk? So they lived happily ever after. But while they were doing that The Handmaid’s Tale came true and Danielle Smith found herself with a nice new blue dress but no job. The end.

[CTR @CanTheatreRev]

Canadian Theatre Review 201 is here! This issue dives into the theme of Future, Uncertainty, and the Theatre Sector, with insights from artists, scholars, and thought leaders on key issues shaping the future of #CanadianTheatre: https://t.co/21T0JDZs2M @utpjournals @taiwo_afolabi

[Kailin Wright @Wrighterk]

An article on English Honours student @reneepapp. @StFXEnglish

[StFX University @stfxuniversity]

Meet Renée Papp! 🎓 English student, co-founder of the StFX English Society, Model UN VP Society, and award-winning researcher. 🌟 Next stop: law school! 🏛️📚 https://t.co/PNqYuNPnwc #FutureLawyer #StudentLeadership #stfx

[Kailin Wright @Wrighterk]

A fantastic 200th issue bursting with great articles! I’m delighted to be a part of it.

[CTR @CanTheatreRev]

Canadian Theatre Review is celebrating its 50th year, and 200th issue! This milestone issue commemorates the journal’s legacy and its transformative role in the world of #CanadianTheatre over the past 50 years. Read CTR 199/200 online now: https://t.co/XXoS8YDyhp

[CTR @CanTheatreRev]

Canadian Theatre Review is celebrating its 50th year, and 200th issue! This milestone issue commemorates the journal’s legacy and its transformative role in the world of #CanadianTheatre over the past 50 years. Read CTR 199/200 online now: https://t.co/XXoS8YDyhp

[Kailin Wright @Wrighterk]

@nestruck @aisling_murph_ I just took my 9 year old and she loved it.

[Kailin Wright @Wrighterk]

@tara_taylor Great idea; it combines my 6 yo’s two loves: cake and skulls.

[ACCUTE @ACCUTEnglish]

We regret to inform you that the ACCUTE 2024 conference has been canceled. Keynote presenters will stream online. Please visit our website for important details: https://t.co/QgIhRIoVfb
@accutegsc @accutecaf @federation_hss

[John Domini @DavveroDomini]

Can’t be sure all the links still work—this ⁦@lithub⁩ roundup is 6 yrs old— but today’s the day to share it again. All respects, #AliceMunro. https://t.co/ckqyrzCtzW

[The New Yorker @NewYorker]

The author Alice Munro has died at 92. “Few contemporary writers are more admired, and with good reason,” James Wood wrote, when she was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature, in 2013. https://t.co/cC9aV2RLr9

[Jessica Valenti @JessicaValenti]

Please know before you watch that this is distressing - but it’s vital people know what’s happening

[Kailin Wright @Wrighterk]

@stfxuniversity @STLHESAPES @macleans Congratulations, @DrErinAusten!!

[Kailin Wright @Wrighterk]

So proud of Sara and all her awards; it was such a pleasure to work with her on her English Honours thesis this year! You can read her feminist analysis of witches and Baba Yaga at the StFX library.

[StFX English Dept @StFXEnglish]

Congratulations to Sara Waldron, winner of the
1. Jules Leger Scholarship for Achievement in the Humanities and Social Sciences;
2. Margaret MacGillivray-MacDougall Prize;
3. Rev. R.J. MacSween Prize; and
4. English Department Senior Honours thesis prize!

[StFX English Dept @StFXEnglish]

Congratulations to Sara Waldron, winner of the
1. Jules Leger Scholarship for Achievement in the Humanities and Social Sciences;
2. Margaret MacGillivray-MacDougall Prize;
3. Rev. R.J. MacSween Prize; and
4. English Department Senior Honours thesis prize!

[Kailin Wright @Wrighterk]

Congratulations to all the @stfxuniversity graduates and @StFXEnglish students today!

[Kailin Wright @Wrighterk]

@medievalatX Great idea!

[StFX English Dept @StFXEnglish]

Congratulations to Sara Waldron, who presented her @stfxuniversity undergraduate honours thesis on Friday: "The Original Wicked Witch: Empowering Wickedness, Motherhood, and Domesticity in Baba Yaga and Modern Witches," supervised by @Wrighterk

[Kailin Wright @Wrighterk]

Congratulations to English Honours student Sara Waldron for a great thesis presentation and to the 3rd year English Honours students on their presentations! @stfxuniversity @StFXEnglish

[Kailin Wright @Wrighterk]

@tara_taylor Exactly! I promised to pick up the kids early that day for the eclipse!