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<p class="MsoNormal"><a name="_MailEndCompose"><span style="font-family:Wingdings;color:#1F497D">J</span></a><span style="color:#1F497D"> Agreed about how silly Alexander’s book is. But I figured we shouldn’t blame the father for the sins of the son. His
own remarks on Woolf, however, are fair game! As I said, very disappointing, since CALL ME BY YOUR NAME and ENIGMA VARIATIONS are gorgeous books, and I’m looking forward to digging into the sequel to the former, called FIND ME, which arrived on my doorstep
yesterday. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Drew Shannon, Ph.D.</span></b><b><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black"><br>
</span></b><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">Associate Professor of English<br>
Department of Liberal Arts<br>
Historian / Bibliographer of the International Virginia Woolf Society </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><br>
</span><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">Mount St. Joseph University<br>
5701 Delhi Road | Cincinnati, OH 45233-1672<br>
513-244-4541 | </span><a href="mailto:Drew.Shannon@msj.edu"><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:blue">Drew.Shannon@msj.edu</span></a><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="color:#1F497D">"I meant to write about death, only life came breaking in as usual." -- Virginia Woolf, Diary, 17 February 1922</span><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> Christine Froula [mailto:cfroula@northwestern.edu]
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<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, October 31, 2019 1:00 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Shannon, Drew [School of Arts & Humanities] <Drew.Shannon@msj.edu><br>
<b>Cc:</b> vwoolf@lists.osu.edu<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Vwoolf] NYT By the Book<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p>Ah, Alexander v Andre--thank you, Drew--Christine<span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Twitterature is by Andre Aciman’s son, not by Aciman himself.
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Drew Shannon, Ph.D.</span></b><b><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black"><br>
</span></b><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">Associate Professor of English<br>
Department of Liberal Arts<br>
Historian / Bibliographer of the International Virginia Woolf Society </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><br>
</span><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">Mount St. Joseph University<br>
5701 Delhi Road | Cincinnati, OH 45233-1672<br>
513-244-4541 | </span><a href="mailto:Drew.Shannon@msj.edu"><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:blue">Drew.Shannon@msj.edu</span></a><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="color:#1F497D">"I meant to write about death, only life came breaking in as usual." -- Virginia Woolf, Diary, 17 February 1922</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> Vwoolf [<a href="mailto:vwoolf-bounces+drew.shannon=msj.edu@lists.osu.edu">mailto:vwoolf-bounces+drew.shannon=msj.edu@lists.osu.edu</a>]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Christine Froula via Vwoolf<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, October 31, 2019 12:34 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:vwoolf@lists.osu.edu">vwoolf@lists.osu.edu</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Vwoolf] NYT By the Book<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p>I couldn't open the article, but from the headline I imagine him making some statement that roughly accords with his undergraduate (sophomoric?) production Twitterature, in which he and his co-author reduce great books, including Mrs Dalloway, to tweets.
Not too sure about the depth and power of his literary skills. The NYT long ago ceased to care about all but contemporary literature.
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<p class="MsoNormal">On 10/31/2019 11:22 AM, Shannon, Drew [School of Arts & Humanities] via Vwoolf wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">How disappointing that Aciman would say such a thing, since he’s a really talented novelist and smart person. I also heard him say disparaging things about Nabokov in his interview with Michael Silverblatt on
Bookworm, though his slam of Nabokov doesn’t bother me quite as much as this one does…</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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Drew Shannon, Ph.D.</span></b><b><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black"><br>
</span></b><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">Associate Professor of English<br>
Department of Liberal Arts<br>
Historian / Bibliographer of the International Virginia Woolf Society </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><br>
</span><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">Mount St. Joseph University<br>
5701 Delhi Road | Cincinnati, OH 45233-1672<br>
513-244-4541 | </span><a href="mailto:Drew.Shannon@msj.edu"><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:blue">Drew.Shannon@msj.edu</span></a><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> Vwoolf [<a href="mailto:vwoolf-bounces+drew.shannon=msj.edu@lists.osu.edu">mailto:vwoolf-bounces+drew.shannon=msj.edu@lists.osu.edu</a>]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Kristin Czarnecki via Vwoolf<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, October 31, 2019 12:14 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:vwoolf@lists.osu.edu">vwoolf@lists.osu.edu</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Vwoolf] NYT By the Book<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Ah, so much to say about this, including how certain media and literati still revel in taking pot-shots at Woolf. They could have put any snippet in the headline but of course chose this:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.nytimes.com_2019_10_31_books_review_andre-2Daciman-2Dby-2Dthe-2Dbook-2Dinterview.html&d=DwMFAg&c=yHlS04HhBraes5BQ9ueu5zKhE7rtNXt_d012z2PA6ws&r=B2e-UKKhnYe5lrEq8NEkMf9o4KvCJF-4y7Z7WnzjMp0&m=LS6WVAwYxjRfhOH1Hp0KAym23A1-T_RV6EDNADzNcaw&s=gmm4INv0ap_vvrOeX8tQiCXowH4m1zHbthfnyT8mzNw&e=">https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/31/books/review/andre-aciman-by-the-book-interview.html</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Kristin Czarnecki <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">President, International Virginia Woolf Society<o:p></o:p></p>
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