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Twit Wit: Lev Grossman on Virginia Woolf's Inspiration Board
Twit Wit: Lev Grossman on Virginia Woolf's Inspiration Board
By BBP Intern
March 07, 2013

If brevity is truly the soul of wit, then your Twitter feed is the Algonquin round table of today's digital Dorothy Parkers and Ogden Nashes. Here's a selection of our favorite tweets from the week; nominate yours by submitting to @blackballoonpub with #twitwit.

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Twit Wit: Colson Whitehead on So-Called Lost Manuscripts
Twit Wit: Colson Whitehead on So-Called Lost Manuscripts
By BBP Intern
February 21, 2013

If brevity is truly the soul of wit, then your Twitter feed is the Algonquin round table of today's digital Dorothy Parkers and Ogden Nashes. Here's a selection of our favorite tweets from the week; nominate yours by submitting to @blackballoonpub with #twitwit.

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Book Sword: Henry Miller, Richard Yates, and Sloan Crosley
Book Sword: Henry Miller, Richard Yates, and Sloan Crosley
By Kate Gavino
January 16, 2013

Everyone from Galileo to Jim Morrison to countless Scrabble wordsmiths have played around with letters to form their perfect anagrams. We take literary-minded words and anagram them to find ... well, that's up to you. A deeper meaning? A hidden truth? Or just a happy coincidence?

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