[Vwoolf] NYT By the Book

[Christine Froula]

Ah, Alexander v Andre--thank you, Drew--Christine

On 10/31/2019 11:43 AM, Shannon, Drew [School of Arts & Humanities] wrote:
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> Twitterature is by Andre Aciman’s son, not by Aciman himself.
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> Drew Shannon, Ph.D.**
> *Associate Professor of English
> Department of Liberal Arts
> Historian / Bibliographer of the International Virginia Woolf Society
> Mount St. Joseph University
> 5701 Delhi Road | Cincinnati, OH 45233-1672
> 513-244-4541 | Drew.Shannon at msj.edu <mailto:Drew.Shannon at msj.edu>
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> "I meant to write about death, only life came breaking in as usual." 
> -- Virginia Woolf, Diary, 17 February 1922
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> [mailto:vwoolf-bounces+drew.shannon=msj.edu at lists.osu.edu] *On Behalf 
> Of *Christine Froula via Vwoolf
> *Sent:* Thursday, October 31, 2019 12:34 PM
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> *Subject:* Re: [Vwoolf] NYT By the Book
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> 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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> On 10/31/2019 11:22 AM, Shannon, Drew [School of Arts & Humanities] 
> via Vwoolf wrote:
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>     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…
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>     *
>     Drew Shannon, Ph.D.**
>     *Associate Professor of English
>     Department of Liberal Arts
>     Historian / Bibliographer of the International Virginia Woolf Society
>     Mount St. Joseph University
>     5701 Delhi Road | Cincinnati, OH 45233-1672
>     513-244-4541 | Drew.Shannon at msj.edu <mailto:Drew.Shannon at msj.edu>
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>     "I meant to write about death, only life came breaking in as
>     usual." -- Virginia Woolf, Diary, 17 February 1922
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>     *Please consider the environment before printing this email.*
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>     *From:* Vwoolf
>     [mailto:vwoolf-bounces+drew.shannon=msj.edu at lists.osu.edu] *On
>     Behalf Of *Kristin Czarnecki via Vwoolf
>     *Sent:* Thursday, October 31, 2019 12:14 PM
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>     *Subject:* [Vwoolf] NYT By the Book
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>     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:
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>     https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/31/books/review/andre-aciman-by-the-book-interview.html
>     <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=>
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>     Kristin Czarnecki
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>     President, International Virginia Woolf Society
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>     Professor of English
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>     Georgetown College
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>     400 E. College St.
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>     Georgetown, KY 40324
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