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Let's celebrate the emoji

Tiny digital images give us an ability to convey nuance that even Nabokov could only dream of

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Emoticons and emoji help us express ourselves more succinctly online, says the author.

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In 1969, a journalist sent the novelist Vladimir Nabokov some questions for an interview.
"How do you rank yourself among writers (living) and of the immediate past?" he asked.
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