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Paula VP
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MFL Teacher. PhD English Literature Candidate at the University of Bristol and the University of Valencia. MSc in Education, PGCE in MFL. Poetry enthusiast…
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Poet Michael Longley (born 27/7/1939) reading his poem "Ceasefire".
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Poet Michael Longley reading his poem "Ceasefire".
YouTube video by UCD Library Special Collections
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July 27, 2025 at 1:31 PM
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It's true we're here!
Just a reminder that the Bristol Poetry Institute is on here, on this, your, blue sky @bristolpoetry.bsky.social . We don't post that much, but we would love your follows so we can get the word out about poetry events we have planned for this term. They are always free and open to everyone!
January 24, 2025 at 4:48 PM
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For those who might be unaware or just getting a library card: libraries are for more than just books! Many have a Library of Things with a variety of tools & equipment you can check out. Bike pumps, sewing machines, yard games, even power drills, for hobbies & home needs. #booksky
January 28, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Sometimes you tell me things about yourself. Some other times I make them up.
January 28, 2025 at 11:50 PM
‘[…] This is Nick Carraway’s version, and we may wonder whether, in retrospect, the green light didn’t shine more brightly for him even than, possibly, for Gatsby.’ (TGG, p. ix)
November 21, 2024 at 11:02 PM
Currently reading: ‘Fun Home’ by Alison Bechdel.

‘[…] my parents are more real to me in fictional terms’ (p. 67)

#graphicnovel #comic #literature #alisonbechdel #modernism
November 21, 2024 at 6:10 PM
While we allow Universities doing this to us. We are all doomed. Good enough to nurture generations of undergraduates through their degrees, but still not worthy of being employed apparently.

This is happening everywhere in the world.
Oxford relying on ‘Deliveroo-style’ contracts with most tutorials not taught by full-time staff
Leading university accused of relying on young academics employed on gig-economy terms
www.theguardian.com
November 16, 2024 at 8:46 PM
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Libraries need to reclassify 1984 from fiction to nonfiction.
November 15, 2024 at 6:28 PM
Hello Bluesky!

Let’s make this new place revolutionary then.

Currently reading: ‘The Bluest Eye’ by Toni Morrison.

#ToniMorrison #Classics #AfricanAmerican #EnglishLiterature #Modernist
November 16, 2024 at 8:18 PM
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Florida’s department of education has released a list of more than 700 books that were “removed or discontinued” from schools across the state.

This year’s list includes titles such as Beloved by Toni Morrison and Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024...
Florida officials report hundreds of books removed from schools
Beloved by Toni Morrison, Normal People by Sally Rooney and Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut, among books pulled
www.theguardian.com
November 14, 2024 at 9:29 AM
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Precisely and I’ll leave this here because I often have to come back to it.

🎙️ Toni Morrison from ‘A Conversation Between Toni Morrison and Frank McCourt,’ (2001)
November 13, 2024 at 2:41 AM
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For new MFL teachers escaping the bad place, here is a feed to find more of us on here and to follow the #MFLBluesky 👏🏻

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November 16, 2024 at 7:37 AM