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proximoception ([personal profile] proximoception) wrote2010-03-28 03:37 pm

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Aiken on his friendship with Eliot:

We developed a shorthand language of our own which we fell into for the rest of our lives whenever we met, no holds barred--all a matter of past reference, a common language, but basically affection, along with humor, and appreciation of each other's minds, and of Krazy Kat.

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[identity profile] thelican.livejournal.com 2010-03-29 03:20 pm (UTC)(link)
Shared idiom is the best.

What it means to be at home with someone.

[identity profile] jones-casey.livejournal.com 2010-03-29 11:08 pm (UTC)(link)
is this from ushant? or plimpton's chapbook?
Edited 2010-03-29 23:09 (UTC)

[identity profile] proximoception.livejournal.com 2010-03-29 11:27 pm (UTC)(link)
Paris Review interview.

[identity profile] jones-casey.livejournal.com 2010-03-30 12:03 am (UTC)(link)
ah, right from the source. thanks.