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 d*ck 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?
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