Tartt ABCs
@tartt-abc.bsky.social
Catalogue of Donna Tartt Phenomena
999+ Sources Discovered and Described
«Tartt ABCs» is a facet of this project
Investigator – @jonesj.bsky.social
librarian & bibliographer & experimenter
philology • distant reading • digitality
999+ Sources Discovered and Described
«Tartt ABCs» is a facet of this project
Investigator – @jonesj.bsky.social
librarian & bibliographer & experimenter
philology • distant reading • digitality
Donna Tartt talks to Antonio Monda
www.ilfoglio.it/cultura/2025...
www.ilfoglio.it/cultura/2025...
October 11, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Donna Tartt talks to Antonio Monda
www.ilfoglio.it/cultura/2025...
www.ilfoglio.it/cultura/2025...
These July & September skeets
from @lizthegringa.bsky.social
map a corner of Tarttlandia
more usefully than
so many of the earnest essays
... Donna Tartt ...
#booksky
from @lizthegringa.bsky.social
map a corner of Tarttlandia
more usefully than
so many of the earnest essays
... Donna Tartt ...
#booksky
September 6, 2025 at 11:57 PM
These July & September skeets
from @lizthegringa.bsky.social
map a corner of Tarttlandia
more usefully than
so many of the earnest essays
... Donna Tartt ...
#booksky
from @lizthegringa.bsky.social
map a corner of Tarttlandia
more usefully than
so many of the earnest essays
... Donna Tartt ...
#booksky
To illustrate research perspectives
made possible by the forthcoming
———
Catalogue of Donna Tartt Phenomena
999+ Sources Discovered & Described
———
My new longish essay –
Dark Academia in Early 1990s New York City
———
#booksky #blackbooksky #vampires
medium.com/@tartt-abc/d...
made possible by the forthcoming
———
Catalogue of Donna Tartt Phenomena
999+ Sources Discovered & Described
———
My new longish essay –
Dark Academia in Early 1990s New York City
———
#booksky #blackbooksky #vampires
medium.com/@tartt-abc/d...
Dark Academia in Early 1990s New York City
The Addiction Jostles The Secret History
medium.com
July 30, 2025 at 9:55 PM
To illustrate research perspectives
made possible by the forthcoming
———
Catalogue of Donna Tartt Phenomena
999+ Sources Discovered & Described
———
My new longish essay –
Dark Academia in Early 1990s New York City
———
#booksky #blackbooksky #vampires
medium.com/@tartt-abc/d...
made possible by the forthcoming
———
Catalogue of Donna Tartt Phenomena
999+ Sources Discovered & Described
———
My new longish essay –
Dark Academia in Early 1990s New York City
———
#booksky #blackbooksky #vampires
medium.com/@tartt-abc/d...
Forthcoming Catalogue of Phenomena
Generated by Readings of "Donna Tartt"
———
republished from
Bulletin of the Bibliographical Society of Canada 102
(spring 2025)
———
#booksky
———
medium.com/@tartt-abc/f...
Generated by Readings of "Donna Tartt"
———
republished from
Bulletin of the Bibliographical Society of Canada 102
(spring 2025)
———
#booksky
———
medium.com/@tartt-abc/f...
Forthcoming Catalogue of Phenomena Generated by Readings of “Donna Tartt”
Announcement via Bulletin of the Bibliographical Society of Canada
medium.com
June 2, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Forthcoming Catalogue of Phenomena
Generated by Readings of "Donna Tartt"
———
republished from
Bulletin of the Bibliographical Society of Canada 102
(spring 2025)
———
#booksky
———
medium.com/@tartt-abc/f...
Generated by Readings of "Donna Tartt"
———
republished from
Bulletin of the Bibliographical Society of Canada 102
(spring 2025)
———
#booksky
———
medium.com/@tartt-abc/f...
Pessl's inventio = transcribe Donna Tartt ?
—————
art student … labyrinth of wit and murder
a cultural phenomenon … meteoric rise
shunned formal interviews … staged photo ops
astronomical bids … never married
—————
page from
Darkly / Marisha Pessl - 2024
#DarkAcademia #booksky
—————
art student … labyrinth of wit and murder
a cultural phenomenon … meteoric rise
shunned formal interviews … staged photo ops
astronomical bids … never married
—————
page from
Darkly / Marisha Pessl - 2024
#DarkAcademia #booksky
May 25, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Pessl's inventio = transcribe Donna Tartt ?
—————
art student … labyrinth of wit and murder
a cultural phenomenon … meteoric rise
shunned formal interviews … staged photo ops
astronomical bids … never married
—————
page from
Darkly / Marisha Pessl - 2024
#DarkAcademia #booksky
—————
art student … labyrinth of wit and murder
a cultural phenomenon … meteoric rise
shunned formal interviews … staged photo ops
astronomical bids … never married
—————
page from
Darkly / Marisha Pessl - 2024
#DarkAcademia #booksky
John Banville on Donna Tartt
6 Sept 2011
———
Looks like Banville has
more than one recollection
of that one Miami evening
———
#anecdote
#cosmopolitanism
6 Sept 2011
———
Looks like Banville has
more than one recollection
of that one Miami evening
———
#anecdote
#cosmopolitanism
May 15, 2025 at 6:33 AM
John Banville on Donna Tartt
6 Sept 2011
———
Looks like Banville has
more than one recollection
of that one Miami evening
———
#anecdote
#cosmopolitanism
6 Sept 2011
———
Looks like Banville has
more than one recollection
of that one Miami evening
———
#anecdote
#cosmopolitanism
John Banville on Donna Tartt
22 Oct 2024
———
Funny thing
I've had precisely the same experience
without ever spending
even that one evening with the persona
———
The Mysteries of Self-Replication
Echo the Oread
#offstaging
#anecdote
22 Oct 2024
———
Funny thing
I've had precisely the same experience
without ever spending
even that one evening with the persona
———
The Mysteries of Self-Replication
Echo the Oread
#offstaging
#anecdote
May 13, 2025 at 7:09 AM
John Banville on Donna Tartt
22 Oct 2024
———
Funny thing
I've had precisely the same experience
without ever spending
even that one evening with the persona
———
The Mysteries of Self-Replication
Echo the Oread
#offstaging
#anecdote
22 Oct 2024
———
Funny thing
I've had precisely the same experience
without ever spending
even that one evening with the persona
———
The Mysteries of Self-Replication
Echo the Oread
#offstaging
#anecdote
When queried by a bibliographer
the synthetic proclivities of an AI
cost efforts & yield frustrations
like these 3 ghosts of works
that Donna Tartt never wrote:
—————————
"The Writer's Life"
"The Spirit of the Place"
"A Gloom of Pearls"
—————————
Yet this last title
entices me no end
#booksky
the synthetic proclivities of an AI
cost efforts & yield frustrations
like these 3 ghosts of works
that Donna Tartt never wrote:
—————————
"The Writer's Life"
"The Spirit of the Place"
"A Gloom of Pearls"
—————————
Yet this last title
entices me no end
#booksky
May 9, 2025 at 5:35 AM
When queried by a bibliographer
the synthetic proclivities of an AI
cost efforts & yield frustrations
like these 3 ghosts of works
that Donna Tartt never wrote:
—————————
"The Writer's Life"
"The Spirit of the Place"
"A Gloom of Pearls"
—————————
Yet this last title
entices me no end
#booksky
the synthetic proclivities of an AI
cost efforts & yield frustrations
like these 3 ghosts of works
that Donna Tartt never wrote:
—————————
"The Writer's Life"
"The Spirit of the Place"
"A Gloom of Pearls"
—————————
Yet this last title
entices me no end
#booksky
some Donna Tartt phenomena
exclude themselves from
The Catalogue
one method is
to paywall & to dis-library
& then to come across
as too insignificant
for this cataloguer
to fork out for
may each such phenomenon
self-consume
& disappear
forever
yours too Gyles Brandreth
✣ ✣ ✣ #booksky ✣ ✣ ✣
exclude themselves from
The Catalogue
one method is
to paywall & to dis-library
& then to come across
as too insignificant
for this cataloguer
to fork out for
may each such phenomenon
self-consume
& disappear
forever
yours too Gyles Brandreth
✣ ✣ ✣ #booksky ✣ ✣ ✣
May 1, 2025 at 11:49 PM
some Donna Tartt phenomena
exclude themselves from
The Catalogue
one method is
to paywall & to dis-library
& then to come across
as too insignificant
for this cataloguer
to fork out for
may each such phenomenon
self-consume
& disappear
forever
yours too Gyles Brandreth
✣ ✣ ✣ #booksky ✣ ✣ ✣
exclude themselves from
The Catalogue
one method is
to paywall & to dis-library
& then to come across
as too insignificant
for this cataloguer
to fork out for
may each such phenomenon
self-consume
& disappear
forever
yours too Gyles Brandreth
✣ ✣ ✣ #booksky ✣ ✣ ✣
ChatGPT confesses
it has a long way to go
to "know" anything reliable
about the published writings
of Donna Tartt ... unlike
———————————————————
Catalogue of Donna Tartt Phenomena
999+ Sources Discovered & Described
———————————————————
#booksky
it has a long way to go
to "know" anything reliable
about the published writings
of Donna Tartt ... unlike
———————————————————
Catalogue of Donna Tartt Phenomena
999+ Sources Discovered & Described
———————————————————
#booksky
April 26, 2025 at 6:02 PM
ChatGPT confesses
it has a long way to go
to "know" anything reliable
about the published writings
of Donna Tartt ... unlike
———————————————————
Catalogue of Donna Tartt Phenomena
999+ Sources Discovered & Described
———————————————————
#booksky
it has a long way to go
to "know" anything reliable
about the published writings
of Donna Tartt ... unlike
———————————————————
Catalogue of Donna Tartt Phenomena
999+ Sources Discovered & Described
———————————————————
#booksky
Who teams up
to bestsellerize
All the Pretty Horses / Cormac McCarthy
in May 1992?
——————————
agent Amanda Urban
publisher Sonny Mehta
editor Gary Fisketjon
designer Chip Kidd
——————————
The very same quartet
bestsellerizes
The Secret History / Donna Tartt
in September 1992
——————————
#booksky
to bestsellerize
All the Pretty Horses / Cormac McCarthy
in May 1992?
——————————
agent Amanda Urban
publisher Sonny Mehta
editor Gary Fisketjon
designer Chip Kidd
——————————
The very same quartet
bestsellerizes
The Secret History / Donna Tartt
in September 1992
——————————
#booksky
April 24, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Who teams up
to bestsellerize
All the Pretty Horses / Cormac McCarthy
in May 1992?
——————————
agent Amanda Urban
publisher Sonny Mehta
editor Gary Fisketjon
designer Chip Kidd
——————————
The very same quartet
bestsellerizes
The Secret History / Donna Tartt
in September 1992
——————————
#booksky
to bestsellerize
All the Pretty Horses / Cormac McCarthy
in May 1992?
——————————
agent Amanda Urban
publisher Sonny Mehta
editor Gary Fisketjon
designer Chip Kidd
——————————
The very same quartet
bestsellerizes
The Secret History / Donna Tartt
in September 1992
——————————
#booksky
It was around Easter time
that magistrician Donna Tartt
wrote the Bunny to death
in signature purple prose
www.mentalfloss.com/easter-bunny...
#histoires #booksky
that magistrician Donna Tartt
wrote the Bunny to death
in signature purple prose
www.mentalfloss.com/easter-bunny...
#histoires #booksky
The Surprisingly Controversial Origins of the Easter Bunny
Hares were once linked to a Germanic Pagan goddess who never even existed.
www.mentalfloss.com
April 18, 2025 at 9:58 PM
It was around Easter time
that magistrician Donna Tartt
wrote the Bunny to death
in signature purple prose
www.mentalfloss.com/easter-bunny...
#histoires #booksky
that magistrician Donna Tartt
wrote the Bunny to death
in signature purple prose
www.mentalfloss.com/easter-bunny...
#histoires #booksky
? The next Donna Tartt ?
blurbles @waterstones.bsky.social
Lead-times in months
15 : TSH / 115 : TLF / 60 : TGF
Back in fall 2013 some "idea"
"excited" Tartt – but
still no content indication
Now into her sixties
Tartt may be too smart to try
to mfg one more teenager
#booksky
blurbles @waterstones.bsky.social
Lead-times in months
15 : TSH / 115 : TLF / 60 : TGF
Back in fall 2013 some "idea"
"excited" Tartt – but
still no content indication
Now into her sixties
Tartt may be too smart to try
to mfg one more teenager
#booksky
April 16, 2025 at 9:40 PM
? The next Donna Tartt ?
blurbles @waterstones.bsky.social
Lead-times in months
15 : TSH / 115 : TLF / 60 : TGF
Back in fall 2013 some "idea"
"excited" Tartt – but
still no content indication
Now into her sixties
Tartt may be too smart to try
to mfg one more teenager
#booksky
blurbles @waterstones.bsky.social
Lead-times in months
15 : TSH / 115 : TLF / 60 : TGF
Back in fall 2013 some "idea"
"excited" Tartt – but
still no content indication
Now into her sixties
Tartt may be too smart to try
to mfg one more teenager
#booksky
Russian formalist analysis sees
in the three Donna Tartt novels
—————————————————
a single metatext about growing up
—————————————————
Надежда Сергеевна Шалимова
is onto the case and figures numerously
in
Catalogue of Donna Tartt Phenomena
999+ Sources Discovered & Described
—————
#booksky
in the three Donna Tartt novels
—————————————————
a single metatext about growing up
—————————————————
Надежда Сергеевна Шалимова
is onto the case and figures numerously
in
Catalogue of Donna Tartt Phenomena
999+ Sources Discovered & Described
—————
#booksky
April 14, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Russian formalist analysis sees
in the three Donna Tartt novels
—————————————————
a single metatext about growing up
—————————————————
Надежда Сергеевна Шалимова
is onto the case and figures numerously
in
Catalogue of Donna Tartt Phenomena
999+ Sources Discovered & Described
—————
#booksky
in the three Donna Tartt novels
—————————————————
a single metatext about growing up
—————————————————
Надежда Сергеевна Шалимова
is onto the case and figures numerously
in
Catalogue of Donna Tartt Phenomena
999+ Sources Discovered & Described
—————
#booksky
Tartt folklorizing likes to go off on wild jags
… Daddy Don becomes a bookworm …
———
Taylor and Don, a secretary and freeway service station owner, respectively — were avid bookworms who passed their love of literature on to their eldest daughter
———
www.michigandaily.com/arts/b-side/...
#booksky
… Daddy Don becomes a bookworm …
———
Taylor and Don, a secretary and freeway service station owner, respectively — were avid bookworms who passed their love of literature on to their eldest daughter
———
www.michigandaily.com/arts/b-side/...
#booksky
The secret history of Donna Tartt in Bennington, Vermont
When it comes to the author of “The Secret History,” there’s a story most people know, and a story most do not; this is the second kind.
www.michigandaily.com
April 11, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Tartt folklorizing likes to go off on wild jags
… Daddy Don becomes a bookworm …
———
Taylor and Don, a secretary and freeway service station owner, respectively — were avid bookworms who passed their love of literature on to their eldest daughter
———
www.michigandaily.com/arts/b-side/...
#booksky
… Daddy Don becomes a bookworm …
———
Taylor and Don, a secretary and freeway service station owner, respectively — were avid bookworms who passed their love of literature on to their eldest daughter
———
www.michigandaily.com/arts/b-side/...
#booksky
@sarahkendzior.bsky.social
@harikunzru.bsky.social
@jrnel.bsky.social
Re: "Donna Tartt phase"
———
Accounts of changes in readings
of Tartt over time
become a subgenre in
———
Catalogue of Donna Tartt Phenomena
999+ Sources Discovered & Described
#booksky
@harikunzru.bsky.social
@jrnel.bsky.social
Re: "Donna Tartt phase"
———
Accounts of changes in readings
of Tartt over time
become a subgenre in
———
Catalogue of Donna Tartt Phenomena
999+ Sources Discovered & Described
#booksky
April 4, 2025 at 9:51 PM
@sarahkendzior.bsky.social
@harikunzru.bsky.social
@jrnel.bsky.social
Re: "Donna Tartt phase"
———
Accounts of changes in readings
of Tartt over time
become a subgenre in
———
Catalogue of Donna Tartt Phenomena
999+ Sources Discovered & Described
#booksky
@harikunzru.bsky.social
@jrnel.bsky.social
Re: "Donna Tartt phase"
———
Accounts of changes in readings
of Tartt over time
become a subgenre in
———
Catalogue of Donna Tartt Phenomena
999+ Sources Discovered & Described
#booksky
@ferikusu.bsky.social
... se deshincha ...
Si. ¿Pero por qué?
Tartt attributes eight years of writing
to the first part of TSH ...
and two years to the second part
Info in obscure source discovered for
——————————————————
Catalogue of Donna Tartt Phenomena
——————————————————
#booksky
... se deshincha ...
Si. ¿Pero por qué?
Tartt attributes eight years of writing
to the first part of TSH ...
and two years to the second part
Info in obscure source discovered for
——————————————————
Catalogue of Donna Tartt Phenomena
——————————————————
#booksky
March 26, 2025 at 11:40 PM
@ferikusu.bsky.social
... se deshincha ...
Si. ¿Pero por qué?
Tartt attributes eight years of writing
to the first part of TSH ...
and two years to the second part
Info in obscure source discovered for
——————————————————
Catalogue of Donna Tartt Phenomena
——————————————————
#booksky
... se deshincha ...
Si. ¿Pero por qué?
Tartt attributes eight years of writing
to the first part of TSH ...
and two years to the second part
Info in obscure source discovered for
——————————————————
Catalogue of Donna Tartt Phenomena
——————————————————
#booksky
At some point after 1940
Tallahatchie County farmer
Henry Wesley Tart 1877-1958
and two generations of offspring
added a t onto the Tart surname
∴ Donna Tartt =
first-generation total triple T
#booksky
Tallahatchie County farmer
Henry Wesley Tart 1877-1958
and two generations of offspring
added a t onto the Tart surname
∴ Donna Tartt =
first-generation total triple T
#booksky
March 22, 2025 at 6:17 PM
At some point after 1940
Tallahatchie County farmer
Henry Wesley Tart 1877-1958
and two generations of offspring
added a t onto the Tart surname
∴ Donna Tartt =
first-generation total triple T
#booksky
Tallahatchie County farmer
Henry Wesley Tart 1877-1958
and two generations of offspring
added a t onto the Tart surname
∴ Donna Tartt =
first-generation total triple T
#booksky
One fact detailed in the forthcoming
Catalogue of Donna Tartt Phenomena
———
In an obscure 2003 interview
Donna Tartt says
she has stopped smoking
———
@debwriting.bsky.social
#booksky
Catalogue of Donna Tartt Phenomena
———
In an obscure 2003 interview
Donna Tartt says
she has stopped smoking
———
@debwriting.bsky.social
#booksky
March 15, 2025 at 10:33 PM
One fact detailed in the forthcoming
Catalogue of Donna Tartt Phenomena
———
In an obscure 2003 interview
Donna Tartt says
she has stopped smoking
———
@debwriting.bsky.social
#booksky
Catalogue of Donna Tartt Phenomena
———
In an obscure 2003 interview
Donna Tartt says
she has stopped smoking
———
@debwriting.bsky.social
#booksky
Among the few dozens
of works ✱ by ✱ Donna Tartt
the least mediated
may be an extract
from her daily journaling
translated into Dutch
——————
Anticipate
Catalogue of Donna Tartt Phenomena
999+ Sources Discovered & Described
in 2025
——————
#Amsterdam #booksky
of works ✱ by ✱ Donna Tartt
the least mediated
may be an extract
from her daily journaling
translated into Dutch
——————
Anticipate
Catalogue of Donna Tartt Phenomena
999+ Sources Discovered & Described
in 2025
——————
#Amsterdam #booksky
March 15, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Among the few dozens
of works ✱ by ✱ Donna Tartt
the least mediated
may be an extract
from her daily journaling
translated into Dutch
——————
Anticipate
Catalogue of Donna Tartt Phenomena
999+ Sources Discovered & Described
in 2025
——————
#Amsterdam #booksky
of works ✱ by ✱ Donna Tartt
the least mediated
may be an extract
from her daily journaling
translated into Dutch
——————
Anticipate
Catalogue of Donna Tartt Phenomena
999+ Sources Discovered & Described
in 2025
——————
#Amsterdam #booksky
Among the hundreds
catalogued already ...
this sharp new take on
The Secret History / Donna Tartt
from @shrimpchipsss.bsky.social
in yaoi zine 5
via @tshirt.bsky.social
#booksky
catalogued already ...
this sharp new take on
The Secret History / Donna Tartt
from @shrimpchipsss.bsky.social
in yaoi zine 5
via @tshirt.bsky.social
#booksky
March 11, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Among the hundreds
catalogued already ...
this sharp new take on
The Secret History / Donna Tartt
from @shrimpchipsss.bsky.social
in yaoi zine 5
via @tshirt.bsky.social
#booksky
catalogued already ...
this sharp new take on
The Secret History / Donna Tartt
from @shrimpchipsss.bsky.social
in yaoi zine 5
via @tshirt.bsky.social
#booksky
Paragraphs about and outline of
———————————————————
Catalogue of Donna Tartt Phenomena
999+ Sources Discovered & Described
———————————————————
now posted to Tartt ABCs
medium.com/@tartt-abc/c...
#booksky
———————————————————
Catalogue of Donna Tartt Phenomena
999+ Sources Discovered & Described
———————————————————
now posted to Tartt ABCs
medium.com/@tartt-abc/c...
#booksky
March 9, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Paragraphs about and outline of
———————————————————
Catalogue of Donna Tartt Phenomena
999+ Sources Discovered & Described
———————————————————
now posted to Tartt ABCs
medium.com/@tartt-abc/c...
#booksky
———————————————————
Catalogue of Donna Tartt Phenomena
999+ Sources Discovered & Described
———————————————————
now posted to Tartt ABCs
medium.com/@tartt-abc/c...
#booksky
@gordonmacmillan.bsky.social
speculates around the possibilities
of novel #4 from
an over-mystified Donna Tartt
——————————————————
• Definite inklings of content preceded
#2 and #3 by … years
• Well over 100 Tartt interviews exist
speculates around the possibilities
of novel #4 from
an over-mystified Donna Tartt
——————————————————
• Definite inklings of content preceded
#2 and #3 by … years
• Well over 100 Tartt interviews exist
March 5, 2025 at 12:57 AM
@gordonmacmillan.bsky.social
speculates around the possibilities
of novel #4 from
an over-mystified Donna Tartt
——————————————————
• Definite inklings of content preceded
#2 and #3 by … years
• Well over 100 Tartt interviews exist
speculates around the possibilities
of novel #4 from
an over-mystified Donna Tartt
——————————————————
• Definite inklings of content preceded
#2 and #3 by … years
• Well over 100 Tartt interviews exist
Le petit livre de Chloé Saffy
a trouvé sa place parmi les
————————————————————
999+ Sources Discovered and Described
de
Catalogue of Donna Tartt Phenomena
————————————————————
@lefeusacreeditions.bsky.social
@mariannetramoy.bsky.social
a trouvé sa place parmi les
————————————————————
999+ Sources Discovered and Described
de
Catalogue of Donna Tartt Phenomena
————————————————————
@lefeusacreeditions.bsky.social
@mariannetramoy.bsky.social
February 26, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Le petit livre de Chloé Saffy
a trouvé sa place parmi les
————————————————————
999+ Sources Discovered and Described
de
Catalogue of Donna Tartt Phenomena
————————————————————
@lefeusacreeditions.bsky.social
@mariannetramoy.bsky.social
a trouvé sa place parmi les
————————————————————
999+ Sources Discovered and Described
de
Catalogue of Donna Tartt Phenomena
————————————————————
@lefeusacreeditions.bsky.social
@mariannetramoy.bsky.social