Paris Scribes

An account that grew out of a Paris writers workshop. Tweeting all things lit, art & more.

[Jim Beattie @JimBeattie18]

Kaoru Yamada.

[Ellipsus @ellipsus_writes]

We don't want AI-generated stories.

We want stories that are beautiful and weird.

Mistakes and obsessions. Labyrinthine worlds; love poems that break us.

We want the wild stroke of chance, the stray detail.

We don't want soulless slop.

We want work written by HUMANS.

[Books and Wine @booksandwine76]

Happy #WorldBookDay

[The Caribbean Translation Project @CaribTranslate]

Sharing ~

MARINS DÉSARMÉS / UNARMED MARINERS - bilingual #poetry collection by #Caribbean writer Alecia McKenzie, translated by C&S Renard - will be in bookstores March 12 (@atlan_dechaines).

Poems that explore history, memory, ports, migration, family ties & other themes.

[Bill Bramhall @BillBramhall]

Cartoon

[David @schaalfan]

“Libraries are one of the last non-commercial spaces we have where everyone is welcome. They strike me as a little glimpse of how we could live if we chose to be a generous society rather than a fearful one.”
-Jenny Offill

[Dr. Dominic Ng @DrDominicNg]

Writing forces your brain to coordinate memory, reasoning, and meaning-making simultaneously.

Every time you write, you rewire toward clearer thinking. Every time you let an LLM do it, you rewire toward consumption.

[The Caribbean Translation Project @CaribTranslate]

Celebrating one of the world’s greatest #writers on her birthday: Nobel Laureate Toni Morrison.

#writing #activism

[Scott @Havenlust]

"If you truly love Nature, you will find beauty everywhere."

– Vincent Van Gogh

[Luiza Jarovsky, PhD @LuizaJarovsky]

Unregulated generative AI is messing up the trustworthiness of scientific research, but what could go wrong

[DaVinci @BiancoDavinci]

Stained-glass staircase with abstract geometry by Piet Mondrian, from the 1900s.

[Nateinthewild | Nate Luebbe @nateinthewild]

The most incredible thing I filmed in 2025: a moonbow complete with northern lights.

[Ethan M. Aldridge @EthanMAldridge]

Sketches from around New York City

[The Paris Review @parisreview]

“I retype, correct, retype, and keep going until it’s finished.” —James Salter https://t.co/jcyqGIRYEI

[Tóbi Bítàn🌻 @Tobi_Bitan]

Please, read books. Not just captions, or carousel posts, or what made it to the top of your feed. Read books. Long ones. Complex ones. You cannot build a mind with weight on the back of social media ephemerals. Intellectual depth demands patience.

[The Caribbean Translation Project @CaribTranslate]

The 12th edition of the HAITIAN BOOK FAIR / SALON DU LIVRE HAÏTIEN takes place in Paris Nov. 29 & 30.

More info: https://t.co/ANX9BpezzD

#Caraïbe #Caribbean #Haiti #writing #books #translation #language #livres #liv

[The Caribbean Translation Project @CaribTranslate]

'Gurnah said the use of Swahili in his writing was deliberate: “Sometimes there simply isn’t an exact English equivalent. It’s a way of signalling place.”

'Helgesson quoted Ngugi’s belief that #translation is “the true language of humanity”. @uniworldnews
https://t.co/kmK0Ri7DA7