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The #WordOfTheDay is ‘jilt.’
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ALT WORD OF THE DAY Merriam- Webster OCTOBER 21, 2026 jilt verb | JILT to abruptly end a romantic relationship with someone
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-though
-nevertheless
-nonetheless
-still
-yet
-notwithstanding
-at the same time
-all the same
-even so
-regardless
-howbeit
-still and all
-withal
-anyhow
-after all
-per contra
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Head to @BigCityFolk this Thursday at 7pm to hear Robert Bock of The Locksmiths headline our free night of original music in the Devlin Café at IAC.
Reservations encouraged: irishartscenter.org/event/bi…
.@mrniallconnolly's free concert series @BigCityFolk returns to IAC this fall with special guests Jo Kroger on Thursday, September 10; Robert Bock (The Locksmiths) on Thursday, October 22; and Sean Kiely on Thursday, December 3.
Read more and join us: irishartscenter.org/event/bi…
ALT A man plays guitar and sings into a microphone.
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Oct 20, 1596: John #Shakespeare and his family are formally approved to use a coat of arms. Their motto, "Non sanz droict," means "not without right." #OTD
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The late Benjamin Zephaniah was born on Hampton Road, Aston. Phantom Road became home. Caribbean, Irish, Greek neighbours; chip shop Fridays. He struggled to read but loved words. That street made him a poet. #Aston #Birmingham #Poetry @BBC
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Oct 20, 1597: Richard III is entered into the Stationer's Register in London. #OTD
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Now including the cutesy branding term 'picky bits' (for finger food), I wrote about the British tradition of twee irreverent nicknames and silly abbreviations three years ago: language-and-innovation.com/…
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Explore poet and writer Muriel Rukeyser’s archive at the Library.
Discover hidden histories, rejection letters, and lost works that shaped 20th-century literature.
Learn more: on.nypl.org/4s9hjjU
ALT A photograph of Muriel Rukeyser
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The #WordOfTheDay is ‘fervid.’
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ALT WORD OF THE DAY Merriam- Webster OCTOBER 19, 2026 fervid adjective | FER-vid having or expressing intense feeling H84
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James Joyce tried various mad jobs — opera singer, bank clerk, tweed salesman, cinema manager — none of which came to anything. Fortunately, he was one of the greatest writers in history so could pursue that.
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"Your sword is bright sir; put it up again." - King John (A4, S3) #ShakespeareSunday
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one of my favourite bits in ellmann’s james joyce —
Beckett was addicted to silences, and so was Joyce; they engaged in conversations which consisted often of silences directed toward each other, both suffused with sadness, Beckett mostly for the world, Joyce mostly for himself.
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I swear to thee, by Cupid's strongest bow,
By his best arrow with the golden head.
A Midsummer Night's Dream (1.1) #ShakespeareSunday
ALT Cupid's Arrows by Leon Bazile Perrault, oil on canvas, 1882 (image credit: Wikimedia Commons)
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I HAVE LEARNED THAT
EQUALITY
MAY NOT MEAN FREEDOM
AND FREEDOM
MAY NOT MEAN LIBERATION
From “ Having A Word” taken from “ Dis Poetry” / “ Too Black Too Strong” published by @bloodaxebooks
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The #WordOfTheDay is ‘syncretic.’
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ALT WORD OF THE DAY Merriam- Webster OCTOBER 17, 2026 syncretic adjective | sin-KRET-ik involving different forms of belief or practice
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Louise Glück: ‘I think now it is better to love no one / than to love you’ — what a line.
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The #WordOfTheDay is ‘zenith.’
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ALT WORD OF THE DAY Merriam- Webster OCTOBER 16, 2026 zenith noun❘ ZEE-nith the strongest or most successful period of time for something
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Roman cancel culture? On Instant Classics this week, we look at what people now often call "damnatio memoriae" (though that was never a Roman term)...how did the Romans police political memory? youtube.com/watch?v=OiMKGi-2…
