1. As an offshoot of the New Republic research I'm reading Edmund Wilson's letters, to get some TNR tidbits & historical ambiance.
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10. With Nabokov, Wilson finally had a friend who was as as self-assured & bull-headed as Wilson himself. So a clash was inevitable.
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@HeerJeet Sounds like an ideal friendship to me. - Show replies
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@HeerJeet I bet that mix of abuse & kindness wears thin after a while. -
@Asdcaregiver Well, most of Wilson's friends put up with it for decades and decades. Nabokov was rare exception. - Show replies
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@HeerJeet Sounds like Wilson was a more substantive version of Alexander Woollcott.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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