“Galway Kinnell & Anne Sexton, chatting” and more in Bookish Tweets of the Week

Two greats, both gone from us now.

Galway Kinnell & Anne Sexton, chatting with the sort of eye-locking intensity that itself seems to have vanished. pic.twitter.com/ara6h9ikV8

— Deborah Solomon (@deborahsolo) November 3, 2014

Angela Davis and Toni Morrison out for a walk; I’d give a limb to listen in on that conversation.

Strolling to and fro RT @oldpicsarchive: Angela Davis and Toni Morrison taking a walk. March 28, 1974 pic.twitter.com/x3W71m0bjf

— Peter Ginna (@DoctorSyntax) November 2, 2014

After just a few months under the HarperCollins umbrella, Harlequin is feeling the squeeze as the romance genre shifts ever more to digital:

The shoe drops at Harper. Long-time Harlequin editors are being let go. http://t.co/fSpGHTb5yq

— Victoria Strauss (@victoriastrauss) November 10, 2014

Note this charming idea for indie booksellers, and, perhaps, for marketers when they’re trying to sell the books on their lists:

A good bookshop should be run a little like a travel agency. You're selling relaxing escapes and tickets to distant lands.

— Penguin Books UK (@PenguinUKBooks) November 9, 2014

But keep this in mind as you browse at the library or bookstore:

The perfect book, like the perfect person, doesn't exist. Look for the book that will fit the imperfect edges of your soul.

— Laila Lalami (@LailaLalami) November 10, 2014

And finally, happy birthday to Fyodor Dostoyevsky, who was born on this day in 1821. The Brothers Karamazov was my first foray into Russian lit – what was yours?

"Books are my breath, my life and my future." ―Fyodor Dostoevsky born #Onthisday 1821* Dostoevsky's writing desk* pic.twitter.com/sR3B8dFBHe

— Literature & Books (@Lit_Books) November 11, 2014