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RT @greteltruong: 40 Of The Most Powerful Photographs Ever Taken buzzfeed.com/expresident/mo… // If you're feeling like weeping uncontrollably. about 9 hours ago via HootSuite
FountainBkstore Check out the updated Autographed Copies section of the website! bit.ly/JCX0yV about 13 hours ago via HootSuite Retweeted by deadwhiteguys
@goodinthestacks But my opinions! THEY WON'T BE CONTAINED! about 13 hours ago via web in reply to goodinthestacks
@Brisvoboda They did. WITH A STRAIGHT FACE. Followed by "so I've given up on kid's books entirely" *sticks nose in air* about 13 hours ago via web in reply to Brisvoboda
*breaks into bookseller-Hulk, destroys everything, sets building on fire* about 13 hours ago via web
C: "HUNGER GAMES is no better than TWILIGHT." Me: ....*clears throat*.... about 13 hours ago via web
@RoofBeamReader Yes but I still love YOU. This guy, I'm not so sure about. about 14 hours ago via web in reply to RoofBeamReader
How to politely say "I hate your favorite book with the passion of a thousand fiery, burning suns?" Settled for: uhh... about 14 hours ago via web
Guy: "Have you read NAKED LUNCH? What did you think? It's my favorite book." Me: *panics* about 14 hours ago via web
Lord_Voldemort7 Your mom's a horcrux. about 15 hours ago via web Retweeted by deadwhiteguys and 4250 others
"What is there to do around here?" Well around HERE there are BOOKS TO BUY. about 17 hours ago via web
Tourists who come in only for touristy info drive me bonkers. about 17 hours ago via web
@mayhewbergman That's the bookrageous event, right? I will be there! about 18 hours ago via web in reply to mayhewbergman
@libereading Reading all of them is an ambitious project! Godspeed, my friend. about 19 hours ago via web in reply to libereading
@libereading I LOVE that lecture series. They also have one on John Milton that was SUPER helpful when I read Paradise Lost about 19 hours ago via web in reply to libereading
Last shift at the store before I leave for BEA! I'm not a hugger GENERALLY, but I do plan to squeeze SEVERAL NECKS this week. #fairwarning about 19 hours ago via web
When I tell my husband I probably won't get a hold of the Cronin galley, he says, "but, but, but, I NEED IT." 7:18 PM Jun 1st via HootSuite
Nothing makes me feel so much like a housewife as when I write meal plans for the husband for when I'm gone. 5:33 PM Jun 1st via web
Columbo episode where Leonard Nemoy plays a super-cold killer heart surgeon=perfection. 5:05 PM Jun 1st via web
robdelaney Every Florence & the Machine song sounds like a victory anthem celebrating the liberation of the space fairies from Dr. Mean Wizard. 4:58 PM Jun 1st via Tweetbot for iOS Retweeted by deadwhiteguys and 1140 others

Name Amanda Nelson
Location Richmond, VA
Web http://deadwhiteg...
Bio Cantankerous mocker of the literary canon, #fridayreads sales wrangler, @BookRiot writer, indie bookseller. Opinions here are my own, forever and ever, amen.