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Medford, MA
Joined March 2011
Excellent talk by Gary @Shteyngart tonight -- thanks for tuning in! #FletcherReads
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"How the hell am I writing a satire about a country where these things happen?" @Shteyngart on humour, tragedy, honesty #FletcherReads
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"Russia one of the most hyper-literate, sophisticated places ever. Really depressing that it's been reduced to an oil patch." #FletcherReads
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On Crimea: "The shift of borders was quite confusing for Russians." #Absurdistan also inspired by Abkhazia, says @Shteyngart #FletcherReads
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.@Shteyngart sees blurbs as performance art. Hmm... I see a career option here. #FletcherReads. Documentary, even? youtube.com/watch?v=gze77JyK…
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"When I dream, my nightmares are in Russian. I count money in Russian too" @Shteyngart at #FletcherReads, on bring a bilingual writer
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.@Shteyngart is reflecting on fathers and sons, trying to understand them through memoir, satire... #FletcherReads bit.ly/1zz7qrZ
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"Why are you this way?" - a qn many immigrant kids ask of their parents. Write to revisit my parents' lives, says @Shteyngart #FletcherReads
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Follow @Kianayema for updates from "Absurdistan talk" with Gary @Shteyngart! #FletcherReads
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"Many stages to my education - & none of them make sense if you look a them together", says @Shteyngart on Misha at school #FletcherReads
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"A lot of Absurdistan is journalism, not fiction." @Shteyngart on being held up at knifepoint - for $5 - in Tbilisi. #FletcherReads
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.@Shteyngart on writing a "holy fool" character into #Absurdistan - he's an immigrant, but smart - "slightly behind the ball" #FletcherReads
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Today @FletcherSchool - #FletcherReads conversation with Prof. Klein, Dean @stavridisj & Gary @Shteyngart.
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We're excited to have him here! RT @opahjorge: I love this guy. #FletcherReads
Kicking things off now with Gary @Shteyngart! Join the conversation #FletcherReads and watch the live stream here: ow.ly/IYlNm
Thanks for your patience. @Shteyngart is in the house, and we'll be discussing "Absurdistan,"in just a few minutes. #FletcherReads
Follow us for tweets from author Gary @Shteyngart's talk @ 5:30pm. Tag your Qs #FletcherReads & a selection will be answered during Q&A.
Author Gary @Shteyngart discusses "Absurdistan" tonight @ 5:30pm & you can watch via livestream! ow.ly/IXqT5 #FletcherReads
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Gary @Shteyngart discusses "Absurdistan" tom. @ 5:30pm. Stream the convo & ask qs via #FletcherReads, @Fletcher_Live. ow.ly/ITRq0