squillace · @squillace
698 followers · 1208 posts · Server hachyderm.io
2meterdba | Reitse Eskens · @2meterdba
48 followers · 92 posts · Server mastodon.nl

During lunch at , a very important session is taking place.

#wit #datasatoslo

Last updated 1 year ago

Taylor Drew :tokyo: · @mollymay5000
238 followers · 90 posts · Server famichiki.jp

I just finished my first book in nearly two months, a brilliant short story collection by Erika Kobayashi (tr. Brian Bergstrom) called 'Sunrise: Radiant Stories.'

The works tackle issues surrounding nuclear power and its affects on people, especially women.

An especially timely read given the current situation at Fukushima Daiichi. Highly recommend.

#japaneseliterature #wit #translatedlitchallenge

Last updated 1 year ago

WIST Quotations · @WISTquote
77 followers · 1174 posts · Server zirk.us

A quotation from Post, Emily:

«
Ideal conversation must be an exchange of thought, and not, as many of those who worry most about their shortcomings believe, an eloquent exhibition of wit or oratory.
»

Full quote, sourcing, notes:
wist.info/post-emily/62765/

#quote #quotes #quotation #communication #conversation #oratory #wit

Last updated 1 year ago

Grace Tay · @gktaydesigns
12 followers · 28 posts · Server me.dm
Grace Tay · @gktaydesigns
12 followers · 23 posts · Server me.dm
penpencilbrush · @penpencilbrush
50 followers · 615 posts · Server mstdn.social

Woooo.

Just finished Leila Slimani's The Perfect Nanny (Morocco/France) (2016)

My 5th for month.

I read it in one sitting. Could not put it down.

Definitely deserves all the awards:
Prix Goncourt (2016), Los Angeles Times Book Prize Nominee for Mystery/Thriller (2018), Edgar Award Nominee for Best Paperback Original (2019)

#Paris #bookstodon #Books #witmonth #wit #womenintranslation

Last updated 1 year ago

penpencilbrush · @penpencilbrush
50 followers · 615 posts · Server mstdn.social

Finished novel # 4 - Hiromi Kawakami's The Nakano Thrift Shop. Just like the label says '...charming, quirky...', very laid back. An enjoyable read.

#Japan #wit #bookstodon #Books #womenintranslation

Last updated 1 year ago

penpencilbrush · @penpencilbrush
48 followers · 567 posts · Server mstdn.social

Finished my third novel - Muriel Barbary's The Life of Elves (2015). Not quite sure what I think of it. I get the general gist, the intention, but.

#bookstodon #Reading #elves #Books #wit #womenintranslation

Last updated 1 year ago

penpencilbrush · @penpencilbrush
49 followers · 558 posts · Server mstdn.social

Book #2 for Women In Translation month is another novel by Maria Gainza Portrait of an Unknown Lady (Argentina)(2018)
again first person narrator, again an art critic, again set in Buenos Aires, again not taking the art world or herself too seriously.
Very mysterious subjects - art forgery, art forgers, galleries, museums, creativity. What happened to Reneé, gifted art forger and unforgettable personality?
Interesting, packed full of wit and wisdom.

#Art #bookstodon #Books #witmonth #wit

Last updated 1 year ago

grumpy j. · @herbstgeraschel
567 followers · 650 posts · Server literatur.social

Hab auf Arbeit eine Ausstellung anlässlich des Women in Translation-Month gemacht. Bin gespannt, wie das aufgenommen wird.

#womenintranslation #wit #witmonth #bibliothek #buchbubble

Last updated 1 year ago

penpencilbrush · @penpencilbrush
46 followers · 540 posts · Server mstdn.social

Next up for month -
Muriel Barbery's The Life of Elves (2015)
Enjoyed The Elegance of the Hedgehog, so I'm confident this will be a good one too. Barbery was born in Morocco, lives in France. The novel originally published in French.

#Summer #bookstodon #Books #witmonth #wit #womenintranslation

Last updated 1 year ago

Grace Tay · @gktaydesigns
0 followers · 2 posts · Server me.dm
Grace Tay · @gktaydesigns
0 followers · 2 posts · Server me.dm

Are you a developer preparing to lead a team? A dev lead struggling to connect with your team members? Here I share my experiences as a first time tech lead, the lessons I’ve learned, and the ways I’ve grown to meet the challenge. medium.com/womenintechnology/l

#womenintech #wit #tech #developer #webdev #react #leadership #team #communication #lessonslearned #experience #challenge

Last updated 1 year ago

! Quite Interesting · @notqikipedia
118 followers · 703 posts · Server toot.io

Mark Twain absolutely hated Jane Austen. He once wrote to a friend: ‘Pride and Prejudice? Pride and Prejushit more like.’

#marktwain #janeausten #PrideAndPrejudice #love #hate #wit #qi #notqi

Last updated 1 year ago

penpencilbrush · @penpencilbrush
31 followers · 378 posts · Server mstdn.social

@adx Could go seasonal - August is Women In Translation Month You might find some intriguing new authors.

womenintranslation.org/resourc

#witmonth #Science #biography #History #Books #wit

Last updated 1 year ago

WIST Quotations · @WISTquote
69 followers · 1024 posts · Server zirk.us

A quotation from Kierkegaard, Soren:

«««««
I have just now come from a party where I was its life and soul; witticisms streamed from my lips, everyone laughed and admired me, but I went away — yes, the dash should be as long as the radius of the earth’s orbit ——————————— and wanted to shoot myself.
»»»»»

Full quote, sourcing, notes:
wist.info/kierkegaard-soren/62

#quote #quotes #quotation #anxiety #despair #party #sociability #Suicide #wit

Last updated 1 year ago

Elmundodewolf · @elmundodewolf
21 followers · 258 posts · Server tkz.one
EUCUP · @eucup
1 followers · 90 posts · Server pubeurope.com
G K Chesterton Quotes · @GKCDaily
35 followers · 126 posts · Server mstdn.party

SOMEBODY once said that brevity is the soul of wit, when he obviously meant to say that wit is the soul of brevity. It is obvious that the brevity is only the body, and the wit the spirit. And mere brevity, as in the statement "Cats eat rats," when left to itself, seems still to await some awakening visit of the divine fire.
- (1933) All I Survey

#gkchesterton #words #writer #phrase #wisdom #brevity #soul #wit #divine #fire #quotes

Last updated 1 year ago