[Vwoolf] [External] Re: [The Washington Post] Review | A failing academic tries to retain her optimism in ‘The Guest Lecture’—not Virginia Woolf but all about JM Keynes

[Loflin, Christine]

It's because one can hear the crickets because no one is talking!

Christine Loflin
Associate Professor of English
Oxford College of Emory University
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It is a common American idiom denoting silence where one might have expected a response. (“We asked the Republicans to comment on the fact that so many of their representatives are lunatics. Crickets. ”) It is weird, to me, because crickets

It is a common American idiom denoting silence where one might have expected a response. (“We asked the Republicans to comment on the fact that so many of their representatives are lunatics. Crickets.”)



It is weird, to me, because crickets are actually quite noisy. Unless you go near them!



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"her book published to crickets. " I've not come aacross this idiom before. What is its origin? Jeremy H From: Vwoolf <vwoolf-bounces@ lists. osu. edu> On Behalf Of Kllevenback via Vwoolf Sent: Friday, January 20, 2023 2: 51 PM To: 

"her book published to crickets." I've not come aacross this idiom before. What is its origin?



Jeremy H



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Review | A failing academic tries to retain her optimism in ‘The Guest Lecture’ Martin Riker’s novel dissects how people live with their ideas, particularly when the world tells them those ideas are misguided. By Maggie Lange https: //www. washingtonpost. com/books/2023/01/19/martin-riker-novel-review/

Review | A failing academic tries to retain her optimism in ‘The Guest Lecture’

Martin Riker’s novel dissects how people live with their ideas, particularly when the world tells them those ideas are misguided.

By Maggie Lange



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