Laura Fisher

I'm just a girl, standing in front of a book, asking it to offer symbolic resolutions to real political and social contradictions

Jordan Himelfarb's INTERREGNUM was highly praised in @NewYorker this weekend! ♟️🧠 "Stories like the one that Himelfarb tells are reminders that the thing we really care about is not the end result." Check it out: newyorker.com/sports/sportin…

Björk performing Hyperballad in San Francisco (1996)

@KindaHagi me until you showed me the picture of the little italian boy's face

if i am talking to someone and i can tell they don’t understand something i just said but pretend they do to keep the conversation going, i really respect that.

I can finally share the cover and pre-order for my book, “Life After Ambition” - it’s a stunning design by Madeline Donahue whose work perfectly captures the joy, beauty and chaos of motherhood. Order your copy now! simonandschuster.com/books/Life-Aft…

@bananafitz You would not believe R and L’s sophisticated takes on the series

@dan_sinykin wowwww very excited to read this!

@amil what a weird and rude thing to say

a nanny at the drop-in, who’s seen me and my baby maybe 3x, said today that this was the first time she’s EVER seen him smile! the implication being i’m some monster who never makes her baby smile even tho he’s the happiest baby i have! drop ins are the thunderdome of parenting

@mishaglouberman @trampolinehall Damnnnn. Have fun!

@termitetree @trampolinehall 2:00. But it sold out more or less instantly a week or so ago as soon as tickets went on sale

Coming out of the planning meeting for the all-kid version of the @trampolinehall lectures this Sunday in Toronto, and, guys, OMG!

@seeshespeak True. And also our KitKat bars are much better for some reason.

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The Norton Library team loves good strong words that mean something & we really love the all-new Norton Library edition of Louisa May Alcott’s #LittleWomen edited by Sarah Blackwood! Head to the link in our bio & get reacquainted with the March family's lasting literary legacy!

Louise Glück, a few years before winning the Nobel Prize for Literature, in an email to one of her students

@melnickjeffrey1 next level. Respect!!

When my younger was 3 she was awful all day we were supposed to go see a Dan Zanes show. I required an apology. After caucusing with her mother for awhile she finally agreed. Not to apologize. But to write the letter “S” for sorry on a scrap of paper. Which she threw at my feet.

@bananafitz Every time after I teach this story I go back to my office and lock the door and search Airbnb for former nurseries with barred windows and faded yellow wallpapers and set the nightly limit to $10,000 because I'll give anything, anything at all....

@seeshespeak (Charlotte airport for me tho)

Working on course syllabi in the Atlanta airport, the night before the first day of the semester, like an absolute deadbeat of a prof

@seeshespeak twins!

@nicolemrizzuto1 let’s get a drink before/after our stupid fucking papers

@brouillettese so bleak

the learning outcome is basically: how to use the pretext of competent familiarity with famous literary works to produce online / media content (2/2)

the two capstone assignments for my son's grade 9 English (Ontario): - an "infographic" about Lord of the Flies - review of a film version of Romeo & Juliet you don't have to read either text to do these things (1/2)