Priscilla Gilman
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Author of The Anti-Romantic Child (Harper) & The Critic's Daughter (Norton). Former English prof @ Yale & Vassar. Mother, Writer, Critic, Teacher.
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It's every writer's dream to be profiled in the New York Times, let alone with such insight, empathy, & understanding. I'm so moved by & grateful for this wise and affirming piece!
@wwnorton
@WMEBooks
@nytimesbooks
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Dianetics, Atlas Shrugged, The Fountainhead, Mein Kampf, 50 Shades of Grey, a memoir by anyone on the far right, The Mister.
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As someone who knew him well (I'm in the doc), I could not agree with you more. and I do think it's both a tic & a tell. Thank you for watching the doc & believing us!
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@RobertKennedyJr
You are causing so much harm with your lies & misinformation. It's truly sickening.
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@MaryLTrump
This tweet means the world to me & will to Dylan as well. I’ll make sure she sees it. Thank you so much for supporting & believing us!! 👏👍🙏
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@rabiasquared
Anyone who watches The Case Against Adnan Syed will be horrified at the incompetence, corruption, & rottenness in our judicial system. There is NO case against Adnan, none.
@BrianFrosh
please right these many wrongs & bring justice for Hae at long last!
#FreeAdnan
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One of my mother’s closest friends since her 20s, Bob was also her colleague w authors from Toni Morrison to Bob Caro. He was a central figure in my childhood & an eclectic, dazzling, hilarious genius. Oh Bob, you were peerless & I will love you always. 💔
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@MollyJongFast
Marianne Williamson is a Quack and a Charlatan on this issue. Do you know how many years of and $s for autism research were lost bec of fraudulent science claiming vaccines caused it?
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As I watched Joni Mitchell give the most worldly wise, incandescently expressive, heartrendingly beautiful rendition of Both Sides Now, a song I used to sing w my autistic son, I turned to that son and we wept with our arms around each other. What a Moment.
#GRAMMYs2024
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@likaluca
It’ll be much worse elsewhere in the US! At least New Yorkers are heavily vaxxed & generally responsible w masking!
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@chrissyteigen
Oh Chrissy, this made my night! Thank you for watching the documentary! Thank you seeing Woody as the abusive, gaslighting narcissist he was & is! Thank you for believing us! Your outrage is a healing balm. 🙏❤️
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On last night's
#AllenVFarrow
, you all saw the horrendous story of star CSW Paul Williams losing his job because he believed & fought for Dylan. Paul interviewed me several times abt the case & radiated integrity, compassion, & goodness. A GEM & a HERO.
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It's this beautiful being's birthday today! Can you join me in honoring her for all she's done to make our world a more just, humane, empathetic, and safe place? I celebrated many birthdays with little Dyl; today I celebrate the extraordinary woman she's become.
@RealDylanFarrow
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"The refusal to see a pattern in Allen’s art and alleged conduct transforms into complicity. If there is a singular takeaway from Allen v Farrow, it is the danger of this willful ignorance."
@MoiraDonegan
w a brilliantly incisive look at
#AllenVFarrow
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@NBCOlympics
My autistic 18 yr old son burst into tears of happiness as his heroine
@mirai_nagasu
made history & realized her dream. A phenomenal role model for my children. Her perseverance, courage, & dedication paid off w a glorious skate that gave us chills, tears, joy.
#PyeongChang2018
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@MiaFarrow
My Mia, I'm crying & smiling & filled w pride in you, my extraordinary soul mother! You are the fiercest mama lion, the bravest mama bear, the most tender, gentle, playful, & loving mother imaginable. It has KILLED me to see you slandered, to hear the vicious lies. This is TRUTH.
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Wisdom from my friend
@MollyJongFast
:
"When there’s no firm deadline for the end of an ordeal,it’s better to focus on getting through the day. Life isn’t lived 2 weeks from now, or 2 months from now. Life exists in the moment & nowhere else"
#Mindfulness
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@MaraWilson
I watched that interview w Mia & Carly Simon. Carly & I sat protectively on either side of Mia. When he said that, we collectively started & looked at each other like "Huh?! Does he really think this makes him sound innocent?!" Thanks for watching the doc & believing us, Mara!
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"The public has been groomed by a master storyteller & his PR machine to accept the unacceptable & blame the victims of sexual abuse...
#AllenVFarrow
blows what perhaps will be the final whistle on Allen’s Gaslight Express. It’s time for us to get off":
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@RealDylanFarrow
I’ve loved you fiercely & devotedly since you were two & I love you more each day, my soul sister!! And to all of you showering Dyl w ❤️, take it from me: NO ONE deserves it more. Thank you for believing her!! 🙏❤️
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Kevin Spacey, once an actor I greatly admired, assaulted people I know & trust. RFK Jr. is a charlatan who has done immeasurable damage to children, families, & autistic people w his pernicious rhetoric & his anti-vax stance. Two of a feather . . .
There’s a lot I can learn from this man. When the world turned its back on me, Bobby leaned in. 🙏🏼
He’s a formidable fighter for justice and a loyal friend that’s not afraid to stand up for what he believes.
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@MiraSorvino
@RealDylanFarrow
@VanityFair
@maureen_orth
I was interviewed by Maureen for all her pieces & I have always, unequivocally, and absolutely believed Dylan since the day it happened. Mia did no coaching whatsoever. I knew Woody well, and loved him. He shattered all of our trust and faith and innocence w his actions.
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@MarkHarrisNYC
I just spat coffee on my keyboard, I'm laughing so hard!! Could you begin a new career as an author of short short shorts on life in this crazy & colorful city we call New York?
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One of the most gorgeous, insightful, & heartrending pieces of writing about grief that I have ever read:
@kjavadizadeh
@yalereview
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@SaraSchon
So sorry, Sara! His enormous loss. Also, this is why text breakups can be much *better*! 🙌
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Seeing the outpouring of love & support for my soul sister
@RealDylanFarrow
brings me to tears & fills me with joy. Thank you for watching
#AllenVFarrow
. Thank you for believing us. Thank you for embracing the most brave human I know-Dylan Farrow. I could not love her more.
To have my truth finally acknowledged by so many of you means the world to me.
Thank you all for listening to my family’s story over the past month.
Never stop believing survivors.
Visit the link for resources
#AllenVFarrow
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For all who've watched
#AllenVFarrow
, the companion podcast is equally compelling. I did a new interview for ep 1, & the nanny who saw Woody Allen w his head in Dylan's naked lap speaks out in ep 2. Thank you all for watching/listening & believing us!
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How De Blasio lied with statistics in his reckless push to open NYC schools: "In the surveys, parents were asked if they would want their kids to return to school IF all health & safety guidelines were in place. They still are not."
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@RoArquette
@RealDylanFarrow
Rosanna, you have been such a stalwart supporter of Dylan & such a fierce advocate for the truth. We are so profoundly grateful! ❤️🙏❤️
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@SkatingLesson
@JonathanBeyer81
@sasssurlaglace
@annmjensen
@blazingblades
@SkatingGraham
@SkatingScores
@TheMedalCount_
@mhjd_85
@Sk8tingAmy
@lifeskate
Dave cuts through the haze of gaslighting & cuts to the heart of what's at stake here. Eteri & her team's abusive practices have been an open secret for years. TSL has been in the vanguard of exposing this. A Service To Us All.
#FigureSkating
#doping
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Anne Hathaway was my student & advisee at Vassar and I couldn't respect or love her more. She has NEVER deserved the hate & criticism she so unfairly received. She is a truly kind, bright, generous, warm, and beautiful soul. Annie, I knew you then and I'll always love you!
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💔A perfectly healthy 41-year-old man w no preexisting conditions, a Tony-nominated star, a beloved husband & father to a one-year-old is dead of
#COVID19
after 3 months of horrendous suffering in the ICU.
Not The Flu.
#WearAMask
#RIPNickCordero
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@NateSilver538
Listen to
@ASlavitt
‘s
@inthebubblepod
today. Fauci confirms major waning immunity, emphasizes the need for third shots, & says it’s looking like this is a 3 shot vaccine. Brilliant
@PeterHotez
has been saying this for a while. WSJ op-Ed today says the same thing.
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@PeterHotez
just watched you on CNN & was bowled over as always by your moral passion, wisdom, common sense, & deep integrity. Thank you for all you do & are. You’re a gift to this world & I’m so grateful you’re in it!
@donlemon
🙏👏for having him on!
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I can't imagine a better way to spend Independence Day than seeing
@DearEvanHansen
, a gorgeous, stirring musical abt the freedom to be oneself & the importance of inclusion.
@taytrensch
@rachelbayjones
my autistic teenage son & I wept through your brave & beautiful performances.
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@MollyJongFast
I've been saying that Biden needs a deprogrammer in chief. I'm not joking. We need experts in psychology, especially the psychology of cults, to begin the process of deprogramming these people.
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@cswrawr
And everyone should also watch Going Clear- a remarkable documentary with loads of creepy insider footage.
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@RealDylanFarrow
To all of you who’ve participated in or contributed to this outpouring of love & support for my soul sister, Dylan, thank you w every ounce of my being. I’m reading every single one of your affirming, kind, brave tweets. I stand in solidarity w you all! And send thanks & ❤️
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Nicole Brown Simpson & Ron Goldman were savagely murdered at ages 35 & 25. Nicole was killed after years of being subjected to horrific coercive control & abuse. Ron was killed because he was being a kind & helpful person.
Thinking of them and their families today and always. 💔
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Beyond elated to announce that The Critic's Daughter is a Best Book of 2023 for The Washington Post!
So honored to be included w so many marvelous books and thank you thank you
@washingtonpost
!
@wwnorton
@WMEBooks
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@PeterHotez
@ScottGottliebMD
@TexasChildrens
@BCM_TropMed
@biological_e
Peter, this is such magnificent news! Kudos & congratulations to amazing you!
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@DineshDSouza
@PIlam25
@KevinMKruse
Your disgusting condescension is repellent. Teachers are not "smarter" or "better" if they teach college vs high school, high school vs middle school, middle school vs preschool. ALL teachers have incredibly tough jobs & must bring wisdom, ingenuity, empathy, & heart to succeed.
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@lauren_kelley
Thank you for watching & for believing us, Lauren! It was devastating to live through. We are so grateful that we’re finally being believed.
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@SHEwhoMUSTbeHRD
@johnlevenstein
Thank you!! He groomed us in the family & he groomed the culture. You were smart!🙏
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@SkatingLesson
@JonathanBeyer81
@blazingblades
@SkatingGraham
@SkatingScores
@sasssurlaglace
@annmjensen
@lifeskate
Dave makes THE BEST point about how doping during training or the "off season" makes an enormous difference. In other words, "clean" results at competitions means little if doping is happening to young girls throughout their development and training.
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@RealDylanFarrow
My Soul Sister, you were my little love, you are my dearest friend & someone I admire, respect, & love more than words can tell. You bowl me over & are in the deepest part of my heart. It was a privilege to tell the truth in this important doc. SO PROUD OF YOU! ❤️
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Dreams Do Come True: tonight I met my first crush,
@shaunpcassidy
! His show
@54Below
was pure joy, he couldn’t have been kinder, & having this icon tell me how much he liked The Critic’s Daughter?! 🤩 🥰
Richard Gilman, who loved Shaun on The Hardy Boys, is beaming from on high!
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The suicide of John Coughlin is an indisputable tragedy. But to blame that suicide on responsible journalists who reported his suspension because of 3 reports of sexual misconduct, 2 involving minors, is misguided & wrong.
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@MarieMyungOkLee
@MollyJongFast
A Woody Allen technique as well! He groomed us all w Manhattan & discussed his relationship w Soon-Yi in the same terms- it's the young girl who desperately wants the older man & potentially endangers him.
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@MarkLevineNYC
Mark, I couldn't agree more! I have at least 10 fully vaxxed friends/acquaintances in NYC who've been dxed with Delta COVID in the past few weeks. Only one got seriously ill, but the point stands. Delta is a vicious beast. Protect kids, immunocompromised, & elderly by masking.
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Twenty eight years ago today, I married a wonderful man who became the father of my two boys. Though we are no longer married, he is a dear friend, an amazing co-parent, a marvelous father, & my family, always. Thank you, Richard! 💙
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Gobsmacked! The Critic’s Daughter is featured in “The Critic’s Picks: A Year in Reading” by the 3 daily book reviewers for The New York Times!
I’m stunned. Teary. Grateful. Did not expect this at all & am very moved. Thank you, thank you
@nytimesbooks
! 🙏😊
@wwnorton
@WMEBooks
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"Allen diehards are upset because Allen v. Farrow finally explores the other side of the story, & they’re used to a world where women were simply told to shut up."
@LorraineAli
w a smart & blistering take on Woody Allen defenders
#AllenVFarrow
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If you still don’t believe Dylan Farrow, it’s time to ask yourself why. If
#AllenVFarrow
didn't convince you of anything, the problem may not be with the facts.
#IBelieveDylan
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@RealDylanFarrow
The moment I met Little Dylan, I ADORED her. She was imaginative, ardent & curious. She was playful, funny & heartrendingly sweet. You are my little soul sister always, I love you w every ounce of my being, & I'm in awe of the brave & beautiful woman you've become.
#AllenVFarrow
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I'm stunned by the news that the irrepressible, vivacious, hilarious, & deeply kind Gabe Hudson is gone. I never met him but considered him a loyal friend, a stalwart ally, a beacon of generosity & integrity in our literary community.
@gabehudson
RIP to Gabe Hudson, who made his début in The New Yorker in 2001 and whose literary intelligence and humor you can hear on his own podcast, Kurt Vonnegut Radio, and here on the New Yorker Fiction Podcast.
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Hearing Mia’s voice in these phone calls makes me break down sobbing. And Woody’s chilling, sociopathic responses....How can anyone not believe us?!
#AllenVFarrow
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@SkatingLesson
@SandraBezic
@JonathanBeyer81
@SkatingScores
@sasssurlaglace
@blazingblades
@annmjensen
@lifeskate
@SkatingGraham
Sandra makes SUCH good points about how the coaches & federation are actually harming Kamila by *allowing* her to skate!
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@MichaelDaignau3
@PeterHotez
You are spot-on here. It's becoming increasingly clear that the Pfizer vaccine in particular looks to be a three dose vaccine, like so many other vaccines. Calling the third shot a booster muddies things & hands the antivaxxers ammunition. Thank you!
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"I defy anyone to say that Mia Farrow controlled this child at any point. If you look at that tape with the child and how the child is speaking, these are not words of a child that is manipulated or is being controlled by the mother":
#AllenVFarrow
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SO proud of Benj, who'll be beginning a PhD program in computer science w a top fellowship at the CUNY Graduate Center this fall! Here's the official announcement & bio of my boy from his wonderful advisor-to-be!:
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Jonah Hill's weaponizing the language of therapy to passive-aggressively belittle, shame, & condemn his girlfriend casts an unsettling light on his documentary about his own "growth" in therapy. JH isn't setting "boundaries." His text is textbook Coercive Control.
#JonahHill
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I'm finishing my next book, the hardest book I'll ever write, to submit to my wonderful editor next week, and I'm feeling exhausted, exhilarated, joyful, sad, & every emotion in between. Please send good thoughts!
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May flights of angels sing this beautiful, courageous, honest & honorable woman to her rest. Thank you, Sinead, for the gift of your incandescent voice, your ferocity in exposing hypocrisy & corruption, your disdain for abusers, your pleas for empathy, your moral passion.
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"The tactics Allen used in the 1990s to ensure that the public believed he was innocent of child abuse are the same ones widely & successfully used by many non-celebrity alleged abusers today...the ideal cover story for abusive behavior":
#AllenVFarrow
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I am screaming, shaking, laughing, and crying because Ilia Malinin just skated the most technically brilliant performance in the history of figure skating and did it w blazing charisma & incandescent star quality! 👏🥰🤩🔥
#WorldFigure2024
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To all feeling itchy, lugubrious, or languid during this brutally cold & Omicron-infested month, read this nourishing & realistically optimistic piece by the peerless
@MollyJongFast
:
#COVID19
#spring
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I'm thrilled to announce that my new book, The Critic's Daughter, will be published by
@wwnorton
on Feb 7th, 2023, and is now available for pre-order!
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Happy Birthday, Samuel Beckett!
Here is the last page of my father’s Beckett chapter from his iconic book The Making of Modern Drama.
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On Mother's Day, I want to emphasize that I've felt mothered- nurtured, seen, delighted in, loved, supported- by many women who weren't my biological mother, many of whom never had children. There are countless ways to put mothering energy into the world.
#MothersDay
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@JenAshleyWright
As someone who was in the family & who is in the doc, I heartily endorse your tweets!
👏🙏
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“I hope that real love and truth are stronger in the end than any evil or misfortune in the world.”
Charles Dickens
#AllenVFarrow
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@GuyTonAlexAnder
@brittny_mejia
@latfoto
Recent studies show these are NOT reinfections, but rather prolonged illness with flare-ups weeks later. My doctor told me recovery takes 6-8 weeks, far longer than the CDC was advising early on. Shedding can occur for up to 8 weeks from infection. Be careful.
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"
#AllenVFarrow
removes all doubt that Woody Allen is a monster...He gave a masterful performance, playing the innocent father wrongly accused, the guiltless victim of his jealous ex-lover’s scorn. Indeed, it was the best acting he’d done in years."
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My beloved soul sister,
@realdylanfarrow
,looking at me the way she always did, w openness, excitement, trust, & love. She was the most enchanting little girl: imaginative, vibrant, funny, kind, bright, playful, generous, & fiercely attached to those she loved.
#AllenVFarrow
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@ericajberry
He should go out for drinks w the Bumble guy who ghosted me after 3 dates in 2022, then sent me a romantic text the day the NYT profile of me came out.
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@yashar
@chrissyteigen
She said some truly vile things about Mia back in the day. When asked by a reporter how she felt abt the Soon-Yi “relationship,” she said that Mia had too many kids so why not let WA have one.
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Please keep my younger son in your thoughts & prayers; he's on his way to urgent care w a sudden severe eye infection almost two months after contracting COVID. His only symptom until now was the COVID toes. Docs are concerned about the inflammatory
#Kawasaki
type syndrome.
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Overwhelmed with gratitude for this beautiful starred review of The Critic's Daughter in Booklist!
@wwnorton
@WMEBooks
@ALA_Booklist
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Hmmmm, Woody, is it that you're going to retire out of choice or is it more about a brave woman named
@RealDylanFarrow
calling out your abuse & a brilliant team of filmmakers making
#AllenVFarrow
and showing the world the truth about you?!
@JaneDoeFilms
#IbelieveDylanFarrow
Alec Baldwin interviewed Woody Allen, and the controversial director said he's probably going to retire soon: "I don’t know how I feel about making movies...I’ll probably make at least one more movie. A lot of the thrill is gone."
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The boys & I were knocked out by our very 1st experience watching Columbo! The episode, Murder By The Book, was directed by a very young Steven Spielberg, written by a very young Steven Bochco, & starred a magnetically devious & dapper Jack Cassidy. 🙏
@shaunpcassidy
for the rec!
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"You have one job and that is to stand by your child and keep her safe."
That is my soul mother
@MiaFarrow
to a T.
#AllenVFarrow
@JaneDoeFilms
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“A single person is missing for you, and the whole world is empty.”
Joan Didion, my mother's client & beloved friend, a crucial maternal figure in my life since childhood. Joan, I loved you more than words can ever tell. 💔
#RIPJoanDidion
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@Lin_Manuel
This is the greatest joy my boys & I have had since this pandemic began. Thank you for your heart, your vision, for telling the story so well, with such passion & vision & humanity. With love from your neighbors!!
#hamiltonwatchparty
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@eltonofficial
@nathanwchen
The perfect music for that utterly glorious performance! My 22 year old autistic son & I adore your music, Elton, and Rocket Man is his favorite movie; Nathan is his all-time favorite skater. He says watching that program was one of the highlights of his life. Thank you both!
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@latimesopinion
@MiaFarrow
Thank you,
@latimesopinion
, for giving Dylan a platform to share her devastating truth. I've known & loved her since she was a little girl; so proud of the woman of immense integrity, courage, & beauty she's become.
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Sam Shepard, a playwright my father championed, was born on this day in
1943. My father wrote of SS's work:
"What is remarkable about Shepard's plays is the way they display the new raw unstable anguish and wit that marks the self seeking itself now,
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@PattyArquette
Thank you, Patricia, for your strong, powerful support of Dylan for many years. All of us who love her are so grateful. I’m teary tonight seeing that we’re finally being believed!
🙏❤️
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Grateful for this stellar review of The Critic's Daughter in
@believermag
by none other than
@nickhornby
!
"One of the reasons I loved Gilman’s book is that through her father she makes a case for criticism as a worthwhile practice":
@wwnorton
@WMEBooks
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I'm deeply honored & grateful that
@TheBookMaven
herself, Bethanne Patrick,
@latimesbooks
critic, creator of
#FridayReads
, a huge force for good & legend in the book industry, has chosen The Critic's Daughter as one of the Best Non-Fiction Books of 2023!
@wwnorton
@WMEBooks
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@ddale8
Thank you, Melania, for pithily summarizing why your husband cannot and should not be President.
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