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Twit Wit: Teju Cole on the Four Most Beautiful Words in the English Language
Twit Wit: Teju Cole on the Four Most Beautiful Words in the English Language
By Kate Gavino
December 20, 2012

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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Cheap Wine, Plastic Chairs: Jami Attenberg at Greenlight Bookstore
Cheap Wine, Plastic Chairs: Jami Attenberg at Greenlight Bookstore
By Kate Gavino
November 27, 2012

A weekly series that celebrates everyone’s favorite part of the author reading: the Q&A. This week, Jami Attenberg, author of The Middlesteins, talks about the emotional attachments of writing about food.

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