Quote of the Day
Gentlemen, even if one allows that he is an important writer, are we next to invite an elephant to be professor of zoology?
—Roman Jakobson, on the possible hiring of Vladimir Nabokov as a professor of English at Harvard
Thoughts on art, creativity, and the writing life.
Gentlemen, even if one allows that he is an important writer, are we next to invite an elephant to be professor of zoology?
—Roman Jakobson, on the possible hiring of Vladimir Nabokov as a professor of English at Harvard
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