Hey all--
This thursday and friday I will be up in Helena, MT. at a literary festival/conference presenting a short story and attending various panels about a range of topics from Magical Realism, Children's Lit., Philosophies of Death and Literature, and even one about Vampires and Lit. (damn Twilight). Even though it is not specifically a Nabokov conference and I don't believe any pieces are being presented on Nabokov I feel that this is a worthy subject to include on this blog. The whole nature of conferences in general seems to be something that is right up the "discovery" alley of Nabokov himself... I wonder if Vlad enjoyed attending various conferences. (I can see him attending all sorts of things, lit. conferences, science conferences, home shows, movie reviews, baseball games, obscure museums, etc., embracing a breadth of knowledge and discovery as broad and diverse as Whitman's America.) I think that this will be a fantastic opportunity for me to make some discoveries (despite whether or not they are about Nabokov) and practice what Nabokov preaches about being a voracious learner. Perhaps I will make some certain discoveries that illuminate some perspectives about Nabokov that, until now, have been left in the dark. Hopefully I will be feeling that tingle of discovery in my spine and I will come away with a satisfied mind. I plan on posting some various interesting things/discoveries/thoughts/revelations/etc. from the conference
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