@duolingo My superduolingo is not working and there seems to be no call or helpline to get it back on track.
English
Mona Simpson
170 posts
Mona Simpson
@_MonaSimpson
Writer. Author of CASEBOOK: A Novel (Knopf, April 15th 2014).
Santa Monica, CA Bergabung Ocak 2012
287 Mengikuti987 Pengikut
@FletcherRalph @PENworldvoices Hi Ralph! I'm doing as best as one can. Hope you're well, too.
English
Mona Simpson me-retweet
Novelist @_MonaSimpson believes writing is a constant practice. To help you nurture yours, she shares five tips, plenty of helpful anecdotes, and even some musical inspiration: bit.ly/37TSHCA
English
Mona Simpson me-retweet
Just FYI, Fort McHenry is named after the enslaver James McHenry. #RepublicanNationalConvention
English
Mona Simpson me-retweet
NYPD union endorsed Trump. I’m sure this is part of their neighborhood outreach plan.
Also, does anyone else see a potential problem with police unions - enforcement arms of the state with lethal weapons - promoting “preferred” candidates for office or is that just me?
Bloomberg Originals@bbgoriginals
The New York Police Benevolent Association (@NYCPBA) endorses Trump, a first for the union which represents over 50,000 active and retired New York City police officers
English
Mona Simpson me-retweet
I have a new book list up with @jae_yeon_yoo! Who knew nannies and murder go together so well?
@ElectricLit @kileyreid @ndennis_benn @OvidiaVanda @GillyMacmillan @_MonaSimpson #nanny #murder #babysittersclubnetflix
electricliterature.com/9-novels-about…
English
Mona Simpson me-retweet
Granta 37: The Family is free to read online until the end of the week. Featuring work by @_MonaSimpson, @mikalgilmore and Harold Pinter, this issue explores the most important, powerful and potentially destructive relationship of our lives.
granta.com/products/grant…
English
A Thousand-Page Novel — Made Up of Mostly One Sentence — Captures How We Think Now nyti.ms/2ZDHl4Z
English
Mona Simpson me-retweet
@magda8lena @Andrew_Solomon @BoundlessLit @parisreview I want to see this. For anyone who hasn't, see the beautiful and stirring film adaptation of FAR FROM THE TREE.
English
@Andrew_Solomon @BoundlessLit Have you seen Bruno Barreto's beautiful film Reaching for the Moon? I wrote an essay about it for @parisreview that talks about the waterfalls and the house and the travel and the POV of Brazilian artists and writers looking back at Elizabeth Bishop. theparisreview.org/blog/2013/11/0…
English
"Do you think love is just a solitary fantasy system?" Dynamite new story by @_MonaSimpson in the November issue of @Harpers #WrongObject #MonaSimpson #fiction #California #love #loss #fantasy harpers.org/archive/2018/1…
Santa Monica, CA 🇺🇸 English
Ian Buruma is out at the New York Review of Books after publishing a controversial #MeToo essay vox.com/culture/2018/9… via @voxdotcom
English
Join me tmrw 2/23 @hammer_museum 7.30pm w/ Fred D'Aguiar (CHILDREN OF PARADISE) & Justin Torres (WE THE ANIMALS)
English
Join me & @MaryNorrisTNY tomorrow 7.30pm @hammer_museum to discuss Between You & Me: Confessions of a Comma Queen
English
Tonight @hammer_museum at 7.30pm join me and @LarissaMacFarqu as we discuss her new book Strangers Drowning hammer.ucla.edu/programs-event…
English
Tomorrow night at the @hammer_museum join me and Akhil Sharma at 7:30p.m. hammer.ucla.edu/programs-event…
English