Questions of Legacy: Talking with Adrienne Celt
Adrienne Celt discusses her forthcoming novel, Invitation to a Bonfire, how she found its characters’ voices, and what it means to build a legacy.
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...moreIf Jesse Eisenberg plays you as a meddler in the personal affairs of geniuses, how do you respond? If you’re David Lipsky, you double down. His extensive review of Letters to Vera, a collection of Vladimir Nabokov’s letters to his wife, suggests that the couple’s lengthy marriage was the source of Vladimir’s steadiness in the […]
...moreThe narrative of the encounter between James Joyce and Marcel Proust gets another tile added to its mosaic. Over at the London Review of Books blog, Ben Jackson reports on the legendary meeting as told by Vladimir Nabokov to his wife Vera.
...moreIt may seem a little outdated to invoke Vera Nabokov’s name, but most writers seem to agree on the need for a “Vera”—a partner or friend, willing to edit and support. In the Atlantic this week, Koa Beck explores the legend of the do-it-all spouse.
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