Narrrative Magazine extract from article on famous writers who twitter

THE TWITTER FORMAT has turned many actors, singers, politicians, and athletes into popular writers, but if you’re still in doubt about the pleasures of this genre, please consider the twitter feeds of some of our favorite literary authors, which provide witty and insightful commentary and provocative ideas in one hundred and forty characters or less.



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Robert Olen Butler (@RobtOlenButler): “How a novel is like a life lived: We struggle through the local lies of our corporeal existence in pursuit of the big truth we all desire.”

Joyce Carol Oates (@JoyceCarolOates): “Saddest fact: Women are never surprised by misogyny though some men seem to be.”

Sherman Alexie (@Sherman_Alexie): “Should I eat only those species of animal that have eaten humans? And call myself a revengitarian?”

Yiyun Li (@apple_twig_Li): “Only one achievement worth mentioning this year (go away 2012): I found three typos in the 2007 edition of War and Peace.”