anna leventhal
@leventhology
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Writer, Sweet Affliction @invisibooks ; Maisonneuve, The Puritan, carte blanche, Geist, elsewhere | she/her
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The worst thing about Montreal is everyone reminiscing about it as though it’s a place from olden times or under the ocean. Some of us still live here and are trying to have a normal time riding our unicycle to the medieval bagel festival ok
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I'm a Jewish instructor at UW. I resent my safety being weaponized to silence my colleagues. The defamation of this collective is gross and frankly terrifying.
🚨Statement from The Palestine Teach-in Collective. Please share. 🚨
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I don’t know who needs to hear this but
If you drop your keys down a sewer grate in Montreal, call 311 and the city will send a guy with a magnet on a rope.
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Why do humans love "crunchy on the outside, creamy on the inside" food textures? I think it's because of a genetic memory of eating bugs. I will not be taking questions at this time
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In Norway, libraries get funding to buy 1,000 copies of every title from an independent publisher, allowing small presses to flourish and take chances on new voices. If you actually care about local lit, advocate for that model instead of handwringing about market share
Thanks to government funding, libraries are poised to win market share from booksellers in months and years ahead
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Got Just For Laughs gagged today on the way home from the clinic. Nature is healing
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Ah the most unbearable season in Montreal... cherry blossom season in Vancouver
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Apropos of nothing, I adore the Quebec tradition of using “bravo champion” as an insult, truly the bodying of the gods
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Let us bow our heads in respect to that most powerful of mystic Montreal talismans: two chairs with a rope between them and a cardboard sign that says "déménagement :)"
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So everyone with an Airbnb sitting empty is gonna donate it to someone who needs to isolate but can’t, right?
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@karbeepbeep
@CuicaSolo
@loobyroux
@Alrightpunk
@velocciraptor
@lilithepunk
When women do take off their bra, no bra lines! What witchcraft is this??
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@MinaarPhil22900
@alybrickey
The safety of my students and colleagues is at the top of my mind, please believe me. I know what antisemitism looks like. I don't think that spreading lies about the people organizing this conference, or shutting it down, makes us safer.
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Me explaining MLA citation: Is it the best citation system? No. But is it intuitive and easy to learn? Also no. But will learning it give you skills you'll use for the rest of your life? Once again, the answer is no
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A victory for SW Welch but let’s keep the pressure on! Demand affordable housing for all Montrealers! Predatory developers ruin a lot more than bookstores!
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Don’t forget to choose a nicely scented hand soap, so its aroma can traumatise you for decades to come
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I'm so honoured to have been given this opportunity. Very excited to engage with Winnipeg's writing community these next 7 months
The Winnipeg Public Library is pleased to announce that Anna Leventhal is its new Writer-in-Residence for 2021-2022, and will be available for consultations beginning October 1, 2021.
Visit for more details.
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Ok but what would actually make Montreal better is affordable housing and resources
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People are really publishing covid novels and meanwhile I’m like I can’t wait to process my feelings in 2035
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As my smart historian friend says, history is what happened; heritage is what we choose to uphold.
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When The Big One hits we'll all die in our beds thinking "wow the construction is extra loud today"
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I love to edit big chunks out of stuff I’m writing. Trimming, cutting, axing. When my word count reaches zero this piece will be perfect
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Lol ok if you like this tweet perhaps you will like its 184-page version
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Yes, this meeting could have been an email, but also this 800-deep email thread could have been a thirty-second phone call
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In case u don’t believe animals are highly attuned to our feelings— years ago I was going through a period of heartbreak + depression. woke up in total despair, couldn’t get out of bed. My cat came over, jumped up on the bed, looked me in the eye, then took a shit on the duvet
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I spent much of my 30s regretting things I didn't say in my 20s because I was too shy or self-doubting. My 40s seem to be about being really glad I didn't say those things because wow, they were bad takes
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Geneviève Bergeron, 21
Hélène Colgan, 23
Nathalie Croteau, 23
Barbara Daigneault, 22
Anne-Marie Edward, 21
Maud Haviernick, 29
Barbara Klucznik-Widajewicz, 31
Maryse Laganière, 25
Maryse Leclair, 23
Anne-Marie Lemay, 22
Sonia Pelletier, 23
Michèle Richard, 21
Anne St-Arneault, 23
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Me: Rue St Laurent
Google maps: Ville St Laurent
Me: St Laurent
GM: St Lawrence College, ON
Me: St. Laurent, Montreal’s biggest thoroughfare, also known as The Main
GM: Laurent, Switzerland
Me: RUE ST LAURENT, HOME OF STORIED BAGELS ETC
GM: Bagel, Switzerland
Me: ok
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I like that Jeans Jeans Jeans exists but I hate going there. That’s my most controversial Montreal opinion.
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I apologize for basically running a ville de Montreal stan account rn. Will resume yelling about gentrification shortly
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I know fall/winter is a hard season for a lot of people but just the relief of not being expected to have FUN all the time, god, that alone tips the scale
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Do you live in Winnipeg? Do you like prison solidarity? Do you have non-stinky books you're never going to read again? Donate them to the Bar None/PLC book drive for the month of May!
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Was feeling sad so I ordered some books from
@LibrairieDandQ
, they were delivered by bike within four hours! Faster than Dominoes!
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I always read gf as girlfriend—girlfriend bread, girlfriend muffins, girlfriend pizza.
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Having my short story ‘Gravity’ adapted for film is about the coolest thing that’s ever happened to me, and now you can watch it online!
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Once at my bar job someone asked me what the nachos were and I said oh they have beans & cheese & salsa, they’re very filling, and he was like no, what is a nacho, and this sent me into such an existential spin that the best I could come up with was “...a crunchy triangle”
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Life stages:
-Infant
-Child
-Adolescent
-Young adult
-Adult
-Not taking your bike helmet off while you shop for groceries
-Senior
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I told my dad the couple I married split up and he said huh, the couple *I* married is still together, and they have a DOG, and I was going to say it’s not a competition but honestly we both know it’s a competition and right now it’s dad 1 me zero
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What percent of people who saw the Villeray Alligator assumed it was a Just For Laughs gag
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@MinaarPhil22900
@alybrickey
The title of the event, to me, implies that we'll hear different perspectives (incl. Jewish ones) on Palestine from people with knowledge and expertise in these areas. That's not a single viewpoint or narrative. To position this event as "one sided" seems needlessly divisive
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I’m grateful for the chance to publish an intensely personal piece in this issue. Out on Friday!
plus new work from
@nikkireimer
,
@mminelle
,
@leventhology
,
@heyfurqan
,
@erinjamesabra
,
@theonlyelitareq
, new fiction from
@jessicastellaaa
, a new comic from
@jaketobin
, the Book Room, the Music Room, and more!
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There are lots of things to criticize about the curfew, but what's getting me down tonight is the loss of one of the biggest joys of my adult life, walking to the dep at 10:50 to get a bag of Doritos
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Me: it’s nice when people wish me a happy Hanukkah
Also me: Hanukkah is a relatively minor holiday and only became important in a Christian hegemonic culture because of its proximity to Xmas/as a consolation prize for Jewish kids
You: Sir this is a Wendy’s
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Ground cherries are the best because they’re at the intersection of cherries, tomatoes, sponge cake, patio lanterns, and birthday presents
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This is not about me I swear but if you think someone is less of an artist because they work an admin job you need to fuck right off
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Take out the garbage before 9 and risk a fine from the city? Or after 9 and risk a fine from the curfew police? Decisions!
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No one:
Not a soul:
Me: ôh sorrí cànt gét my kéyboœrd tu not bé frênçh 🙂🙂
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Every person in Montreal including tiny babies is an expert in rental law. I swear there are 14-year-olds on facebook explaining tenants’ rights to each other, it’s beautiful
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I’d like to have imposter syndrome but I don’t know if I’ve earned it
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Also if you’re into this, why not support a project that is actively trying to make Montreal livable for its most vulnerable people
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We act so shocked by the pettiness and brutality of twitter but any of us who were on Stillepost in 2004 knew this was coming
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☺️✨
Thrilled to announce The Contributing Board of Editors of the
@PushcartPrize
have nominated “Sugartown” by
@leventhology
for inclusion in the 45th Edition of the Pushcart Prize anthology. Congrats, Anna & we hope they pick your story for the anthology!
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When I was 14 I went to the McDonald's across from my high school and ordered a cup of the butterscotch sauce they put on the sundaes. No ice cream, just straight sauce. I ate it all and it was amazing, 0 regrets. Still chasing that feeling
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What kind of writer are you?
⚪️ fresh daring new voice
⚪️ master at the height of your power
Those are the two choices.
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Was very confused by this CBC interview til I realized they were saying "cycle path" not "psychopath"
“Québec has many wonderful psychopaths. These psychopaths are well used especially in the townships.”
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You know you’ve lived in Quebec too long when this doesn’t immediately make you laugh
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One of my favourite Montreal activities is lining up for my state-sanctioned plants, which are free upon proof of address and must be displayed where they’re visible from the street. I’m not even being sarcastic, I truly love this.
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Today: my friend got a new job, my mom got a vaccine appointment, and my contributor’s copy of
@maisonneuvemag
arrived! Sorry I am at full capacity for feelings for the next month
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Once i was in an nyc thrift shop in the mid 00s and the Danielson Family came over the radio
God I love New York, I thought
Next song was The Blow
Me: Should I marry this DJ??
I was hearing my own mixtape playing through my headphones, which were around my neck
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Writers looking to be published: saying there’s no book like yours is not actually a good thing. It doesn’t make your work sound original or unique; it makes it sound like you don’t know your field.
Comparing to other writers/books on style, theme, subject matter, scope:
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I wrote about my dad’s adoption and the complicated ambivalence of family for
@maisonneuvemag
. Very grateful to
@madihaslam
and the whole Maisy team for the care they took with this piece.
For some adoptees, finding their bio fam is a crucial part of finding themselves. Others,
@leventhology
writes, are more ambivalent, but who can resist being curious when faced with a whole hidden side of the family?
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Artists! Writers! Performers! Take note and keep track.
@CanadaCouncil
is working on this
For the moment, please tell everybody to document their financial losses.
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Talking to my mom about her covid bubble: much like every conversation I’ve ever had about nonmonogamy... “you gotta have boundaries, open communication is key, remember your needs matter too...” lol what a time to be alive
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Would love to encourage people (including me) not to use terms like “grandma” or “old lady” to be synonymous with unintelligent, incompetent, confused, etc.
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Montreal, I beg of you, leave this alone. Let us have some mystery in our small overdetermined lives
Help solve a mystery: Who's behind Montreal's pink house?
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If you’ve ever been vegan, even for like ten minutes, for the rest of your life any time you eat beans and brown rice a tiny elf pops up and pipes “it’s a complete protein!” in your ear
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Why do people always think I live in Mile End? I know it’s not because I look cool. Is it because I mentioned a bagel that one time?
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I asked my mom, the least woo-woo person alive, if I could have one of her two 60-year-old hoyas. She looked uncomfortable and said she thinks they're friends. Respect
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Anti-ma$k/covid-truthers have such a yr-19-y.o.-roommate-who just-discovered-activism vibe. “The govt is bad! Think for urself!” Yes sweaty, where were u when we were protesting Loi 78, bill 21, the Iraq war, police killings... oh watching carebears in your jamjams, ok
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Club Quarantine formed like two months ago so club kids could have physically distanced dance parties; they just fundraised $8000+ for the family of Regis Korchinski-Paquet. I bow down to the youths now and always
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Saw a kid and a dad bike past someone walking a shiba inu and the kid went “doges are for real??!! I thought they were just on the internet” The dad was laughing so hard, it was great
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Watching a teen I know slide into vile alt-right misogyny, it occurs to me that this is where we need all those self-proclaimed male allies. If you’re “one of the good ones”, get on World of Warcraft and convince some teens that assaulting women isn’t hilarious. Thanks!
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Me: why do people never reach out to me
Someone: [reaches out]
Me: 👀🙄🙄what do they want
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I’ve seen packed houses at
@metatronpress
events. Packed! Like the goddamn superbowl of poetry. Popularity isn’t everything but seeing (young) people jammed in like sardines to hear writers read made me feel like lit has a future. Now...
Very sad to announce that we got our grant results back and are being allotted a whole $0 from the
@CanadaCouncil
. Our publishing program is currently on hiatus ;(
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If you are taking a photo of someone taller than you, please, I beg of you, hold the phone higher, don’t just tilt it up!! Tall ppl deserve cute pics too!!! We’re not monsters, we only look that way in every photo!!!!!!!
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God bless Place des Arts, still emailing me about the tickets to Cats I bought for spring 2020. Thank you for letting me know the show has been postponed til 2022, keep the 🔥 lit
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One of my biggest regrets in life is being too much of an adolescent shithead to go see Keanu play Hamlet when he came to Winnipeg in the early 90s. Could have heard him say “Rosencrantz! Guildenstern! My excellent good friends!” O lost.
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Heard the honks of geese returning and felt hopeful until I realized it’s my neighbour’s sex noises. Still hopeful I guess.
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I keep reading “fall” as “collapse” in all these marketing emails—get ready for the fall! Supplies for the fall! Stock up for the fall!—and it’s never felt so apt
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A 20ish American girl has been moving into my next-door apartment for three days now and I’ve heard her have so many conversations and fights with her parents in the hallway I think we’re related now
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Just a reminder that the success rate of CCA grants is about 20%... that's better than the lottery, but not getting one is no indication that your work is not worthwhile or valuable or necessary
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My favourite thing about White Lotus is how Jennifer Coolidge always seems like she's in a different show than everyone else. Crashing into a highbrow satire with full Christopher Guest energy
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When you write an author to let them know the journal you publish just posted a (favourable) review of their book, and they respond “thanks, but does anyone actually read this?”
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In a meeting:
Guy: what’s that thing that we had in the 80s, that made those blue/purple copies?
Me: a mimeograph?
Guy: we had them in school, you’d (makes cranking gesture)?
Me: a mimeograph
Guy: ugh I can’t remember
Other guy: a mimeograph?
Guy: yes! Thank u
Me: 😶😁
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The things of 2019 that made it through my brain sieve: turning 40, leading writing workshops in a prison, learning to give subq fluids to a cat, friends going through hard times and trying to be there for them. A year of holding space, of one-step-at-a-time. Could be worse.
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Apologized profusely for returning a library book with water damage, offered to buy them a new copy
The librarian said it was fine
It was actually my cat that spilled the water, I told her
Probably you should get rid of the cat, she said
I love librarians
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Quebec is like “we don’t care we will literally die for karaoke” and tbh... I feel this
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A guy called my work to ask if I could help him turn a book into a CD. I said we didn’t do that. He said “what do you do then” and I had nothing
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This year I’ve watched many of my friends, 30something hobby-weirdos, calcify into 40-year-old weirdos-for-life, and it makes me very happy
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2020 took my dad, and now it’s taken my spiritual dad. Ill take fuck this shit for $2000
Jeopardy! is saddened to share that Alex Trebek passed away peacefully at home early this morning, surrounded by family and friends. Thank you, Alex.
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Offer from a client: “we can guarantee we’ll pay our invoice within ten days in exchange for a 2% discount”. Is this a thing? Kinda seems like... how about paying on time for the agreed price?
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I've been saying this to people a lot lately so I'm going to say it here: Sometimes finding an audience means being an audience. If you want to be read, read--not just the names on the prize lists but your local lit journal. If live readings ever become a thing again, show up.
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