@jamieloftusHELP
jamie loftus 🌭
3 years
eb white wrote to nabokov to see if he knew anything about spiders while writing charlotte's web (nabokov was an expert on butterflies) and nabokov replied he couldn't help because the hotel he was staying in was too loud
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@jamieloftusHELP
jamie loftus 🌭
3 years
just Two Weird Guys
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@jamieloftusHELP
jamie loftus 🌭
3 years
found this anecdote rereading 'vera' by stacy schiff (i can read) (i am book) and it made me laugh! if you book, i recommend it
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@defpublic
Patty Dark
3 years
@jamieloftusHELP @sassandsarcasm EB White wrote everybody, charmingly, and the book The Letters of E.B. White is a treasure.
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@GluttonForPuns
Turnip Apologist
3 years
@jamieloftusHELP I work for EB White’s grandson as a boatbuilder. He’s a dead ringer for Mark Twain. This tweet has nothing to do with anything really.
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@AnastasiaRoya20
Princess Anastasia
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@emohusbando
Garbage Prince πŸ¦πŸ‘‘
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@FamousAnus4
Famous Anus
3 years
@jamieloftusHELP Humbert bitches about exactly this to no end in Lolita...interesting
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@AriadneAtNaxos
Ariadne
3 years
@jamieloftusHELP who is this nabokov because I think he was my past self
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@midnightinquire
Gary Morgan
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@in_medias_ras
Ras πŸ‰
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@aConchobarToo
Conchobar
3 years
@jamieloftusHELP If only EB White had Wikipedia
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@EthanJCole79
Ethan James Cole
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@jlemay78
J
3 years
@jamieloftusHELP Your feed is exactly why I check Twitter twice a day.
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@Brooklyn__Ann
Brooklyn Ann
3 years
@jamieloftusHELP That would be my response too.
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@rdog21
Rod Waterman πŸ’™
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@Ffotobuff
Virginia Dodier
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@jamieloftusHELP Is this a Sufi joke?
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@Ion_Salamander
ian 🦎
3 years
@jamieloftusHELP Nabokov had synesthesia, may or may not be related
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@erasmus_real
Erasmus Saint blasphemous.
3 years
@jamieloftusHELP Cant study, cant research, can't write if all kinds of noise and disruption is being made around you. Jesus people, am i the only one here that grew up Puerto Rican! Also, Nabokov was like Pffft, fuck that shit, I'm not gonna get involved. I'll just make up a BS excuse...
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