Poet Baffles Twitter With Her Unpopular Opinions About Books

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Poet Baffles Twitter With Her Unpopular Opinions About Books #425899 Tue 06 Jun 2017 08:57:PM
Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 64,175 A Alisa OP Launch Director
OP Alisa Launch Director A Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 64,175	Poet and essayist Patricia Lockwood, author of the memoir Priestdaddy, took over The Strand Book Store’s Twitter account for an hour on Tuesday and shared her opinions on some famous works of literature. I'm hijacking the @strandbookstore twitter from 12:30-1:30 to tweet my unpopular book opinions. you can also ask me questions at that time! — Patricia Lockwood (@TriciaLockwood) June 6, 2017 The result? A frenzy of laugh-out-loud tweets about her “unpopular book opinions.” huck finn's little pants ... should have been even shorter, baby!!! #UnpopularBookOpinions — Strand Book Store (@strandbookstore) June 6, 2017 anna karenina: you need to calm down — Strand Book Store (@strandbookstore) June 6, 2017 hamlet just needed a better haircut — Strand Book Store (@strandbookstore) June 6, 2017 instead of writing infinite jest, DFW should have written an entire novel about the chicken that traumatically pecked him as a child — Strand Book Store (@strandbookstore) June 6, 2017 gatsby was a furry — Strand Book Store (@strandbookstore) June 6, 2017 mr. darcy died because his hat was too tall — Strand Book Store (@strandbookstore) June 6, 2017 so Rosasharn can breastfeed anybody she wants but when I want to #BreastfeedMyFriendsBaby it's suddenly a big f'in deal??? — Strand Book Store (@strandbookstore) June 6, 2017 dracula's dck had a tiny bat hanging from the tip at all times and it flew into the woman at the moment of climax — Strand Book Store (@strandbookstore) June 6, 2017 note to flannery o'connor: most people are just regular — Strand Book Store (@strandbookstore) June 6, 2017 heathcliff except: the actual cat pic.twitter.com/Pk8qCSTm4g — Strand Book Store (@strandbookstore) June 6, 2017 moby dick was a WOMAN and his breasts were two goldfish bowls with little goldfish swimming in them — Strand Book Store (@strandbookstore) June 6, 2017 Some people found the account takeover somewhat unhinged and wanted to check in with the bookstore to make sure everything was A-OK. What the heck is going on with @strandbookstore right now — Brent Alan Godwin (@ohmy__godwin) June 6, 2017 @strandbookstore are u ok friend https://t.co/hDK8lMSZS0 — molly (@mollycatee) June 6, 2017 Is @strandbookstore okay right now? — Lexi Vranick (@lexivranick) June 6, 2017 Uh, who has gotten a hold of your twitter account @strandbookstore - these tweets are bizarre — Cathi Mietkiewicz (@CathiMiet) June 6, 2017 Others were into it, agreeing with Lockwood’s “unpopular opinions,” and applauding the weirdness. this is why i only buy books from you ❤️ — DJ Baby Husband (@strikeitup) June 6, 2017 More like VERY popular book opinions! — Katie Roscher (@ButtzGalore) June 6, 2017 Between @TriciaLockwood's @strandbookstore tweets and the man who offered me a poptart on the subway, NYC is a strange beautiful place today — Adam Fales (@SupplyanddeMan) June 6, 2017 thank u, @strandbookstore https://t.co/oUFLp0pHjd — rahel aima (@cnqmdi) June 6, 2017 Thanks for doing your part to keep Twitter f**ing weird! — bob (@huntthesnark) June 6, 2017 After an hour of Twitter mayhem, Lockwood ended her flurry with what she called “the best book tweet of all time.” I will end my reign of terror by retweeting the best book tweet of all time — Strand Book Store (@strandbookstore) June 6, 2017 JIMMY STEWART IN CORMAC McCARTHY'S "THE ROAD": "Now now me & my boy here are just, just tryna get to the ocean, nothing FAncy or or special" — Dan CO'Sullivfefe (@Bro_Pair) August 13, 2013 Twitter is such a special place, isn’t it? -- This feed and its contents are the property of The Huffington Post, and use is subject to our terms. It may be used for personal consumption, but may not be distributed on a website. Source: [url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2017/06/06/poet-baffles-twitter-with-her-unpopular-opinions-about-books_n_16973714.html?utm_hp_ref=weird-news&ir=Weird+News]Poet Baffles Twitter With Her Unpopular Opinions About Books[/url]