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Alisha Holland

@proftortuga.bsky.social
442 followers 116 following 2 posts

Professor of Government @Harvard. Mama of 2 in Arlington. Admirer of cities, bureaucracy, infrastructure, and turtles in Latin America.

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Omar Wasow @owasow.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
“It’s not often an author walks into a room full of readers, let alone teenagers, who talk about characters born in his imagination as if they’re living human beings. And it’s equally rare for students to spend time with an author whose world feels like a refuge.” 🎁 www.nytimes.com/2024/03/18/b...
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A Bronx Teacher Asked. Tommy Orange Answered. (Gift Article)
When the author received an impassioned email, he dropped everything to visit the students who inspired it.
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Alisha Holland @proftortuga.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
I work in Colombia, but I'm gonna put it out there that the Venezuelan arepa is the winner in my book...and that the translation of an arepa as "cornbread" is just awful.
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Colombia and Venezuela Have a Beef: Who Owns the, or Makes the Best, Arepa?
Both countries claim the cornbread as their own. But where does it really come from? And who makes it better?
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Alisha Holland @proftortuga.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
In these polarizing times, might as well begin with what should be a non-polarizing post: pecan pie should only be made with maple syrup. Dump the corn syrup like you dumped X.
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