Tweets Analysis - Keyword: @LibraryAmerica
Overview
Total number of tweets analysed
57
Earliest tweet was on
2023-03-22
Latest tweet was on
2023-03-31
Tweets covering
8 days
Average age of authors' accounts
9 years
Summarization
These tweets praise the Library of America and its publications, specifically its collections of novels by Dashiell Hammett and Charles Portis, as well as its comprehensive collections of American poets and playwrights. There is a discussion about the opening of Hammett's Red Harvest, which is cited as a precursor to popular films like Yojimbo and Fistful of Dollars. There is also excitement for an upcoming collection of crime novels from the 1960s edited by Geoffrey O'Brien. Overall, the library's editions are praised for their beauty and quality.
Topic Modeling
- Literature - references to specific books and authors, such as Hammett's novels, Charles Portis, and American poets
- Library of America - mentions and praises of the publishing company
- Noir/crime fiction - discussion of books such as Red Harvest and a forthcoming two-volume collection of crime novels
- Personal anecdotes and experiences - memories of visiting City Lights Books and purchasing beat poets, and admiration for the Library of America's editions
- Appreciation of art and beauty - compliments on the appearance and content of the Library of America's editions
Emotional Analysis
The tweets express emotions of excitement, admiration, appreciation, and nostalgia towards the works of Library of America, particularly towards their collections of American literature, plays, and poetry. There is a sense of enthusiasm for rediscovering and rereading works like Hammett’s novels and Portis’ writings, as well as appreciation for the beauty and comprehensiveness of the editions. There is also an emotional connection and nostalgia towards these works, as some tweets share personal stories of buying and reading them in the past.
Trend Analysis
- Reading and re-reading of classic American literature, specifically Dashiell Hammett and Charles Portis
- Discussion and appreciation of the Library of America publication series, including various editions and collections of American literature
- Exploration of various American literary genres, including noir and poetry
- Personal anecdotes and memories related to American literature and bookstores
- Appreciation for the stylistic and artistic design of the Library of America publications
Types of Tweets
Number of Retweets
25
Percentage of total tweets
43%
Number of Original tweets
5
Percentage of total tweets
8%
Number of tweets that contain Mentions
57
Percentage of total tweets
100%
Number of tweets that were Replies
26
Percentage of total tweets
45%
Number of tweets that were Quotes
1
Percentage of total tweets
1%
Number of tweets that contain Hashtags
7
Percentage of total tweets
12%
Top 5 devices used to tweet
| Source | Count |
|---|---|
| Twitter Web App | 27 |
| Twitter for iPhone | 21 |
| Twitter for Android | 5 |
| Twitter for iPad | 2 |
| TweetDeck | 1 |
What devices were used to tweet
Top 10 accounts with highest followers count
| Username | Name | Bio | Followers count |
|---|---|---|---|
| sarahw | Sarah Weinman | Crime Lady. Columnist, @nytimesbooks. Author, SCOUNDREL & THE REAL LOLITA. Editor, UNSPEAKABLE ACTS & EVIDENCE OF THINGS SEEN. Next: WITHOUT CONSENT. She/her. | 374,970 |
| fsgbooks | Farrar,Straus&Giroux | Farrar, Straus and Giroux has published award-winning fiction, nonfiction, & poetry since 1946. Home of @mcdbooks and @fsgoriginals. | 133,726 |
| glenmazzara | Glen Mazzara | TV Repairman | 119,989 |
| WhitethornGames | Whitethorn Games - Kana Quest Now on Switch! 🧩 | Indie game publisher in Erie, PA with a focus on low-stress, accessible games, and wholesome stuff! 🏳️🌈 hello@whitethorngames.com press@whitethorngames.com | 30,253 |
| ChristianCent | theChristianCentury | Thoughtful, Independent, Progressive | 20,376 |
| drjonty | John Bleasdale | he/him. @theeconomist @variety @sightsoundmag @writersonfilm1 Host: Writers On Film: https://t.co/kUr3kA8yUT https://t.co/rw0TWkkdk1 | 11,467 |
| amywelborn2 | Amy Welborn | Catholic,writer,reader,traveler. Blog: https://t.co/4iRXKAgyiC | 9,027 |
| ojalart | O:JA&L / aRt journal | We seek the latest visual and literary art out there. 👇 Submit your work below! Our gallery has over 15k visitors a month, | 7,122 |
| magicbeans | Maggie Vail | @theebikinikill records, bass @ hurry up, dj @magicbeans, 1/3 of @strangebabes, board @artistrightsnow. she/her. formerly @cashmusic, @killrockstars | 6,932 |
| alexander_wolff | Alexander Wolff | Ex-@SInow writer & VT Frost Heaves GM. Author, ENDPAPERS from @GroveAtlantic; THE AUDACITY OF HOOP; BIG GAME, SMALL WORLD. Editor, @LibraryAmerica's BASKETBALL | 5,006 |
Top 10 accounts with highest friends count
| Username | Name | Bio | Followers count |
|---|---|---|---|
| drjonty | John Bleasdale | he/him. @theeconomist @variety @sightsoundmag @writersonfilm1 Host: Writers On Film: https://t.co/kUr3kA8yUT https://t.co/rw0TWkkdk1 | 7,573 |
| ojalart | O:JA&L / aRt journal | We seek the latest visual and literary art out there. 👇 Submit your work below! Our gallery has over 15k visitors a month, | 5,389 |
| hb_taylor | Hannah Taylor | - | 5,001 |
| Thievesbook | Nicholas Booth | Nicholas Booth writes detective stories about spies, fraudsters and with @howellspace, looking for life on Mars https://t.co/ozCKwiW1eA Agent: @Humfreyhunter | 4,977 |
| rowanjaines | ᖇOᗯᗩᑎ ᒍᗩIᑎEᔕ | Lecturer in Human Environmental Geography @sheffieldgeog. Working on rural spaces with Walter Benjamin, psychoanalysis & critical theory. | 4,475 |
| borkdog | Philip Martin | Bad Twitterer. Hack writer and plagiarist at @ArkansasOnline Does music. Radio too. Married to award-winning columnist Karen Martin. Dog dad. | 4,017 |
| emmetmatheson | Emmet Matheson | a hat check clerk at an ice rink he/him | 3,566 |
| fsgbooks | Farrar,Straus&Giroux | Farrar, Straus and Giroux has published award-winning fiction, nonfiction, & poetry since 1946. Home of @mcdbooks and @fsgoriginals. | 3,521 |
| blankemon | Matt Blankman | Loves chili, would welcome it as a housewarming gift. IG: blankemon | 3,478 |
| Simon_Craven | Simon Craven | Writes, shoots and leaves | 3,067 |
Most active users
| Username | Bio | Number of tweets |
|---|---|---|
| FLynch2020 | Market researcher, retired. https://t.co/dRg83VXSBl: https://t.co/jgvwIAjOXC Flickr: https://t.co/nEPA6ttdJ1 | 4 |
| ExcitedUttRead | An occasional reading series, in-the-round! Established 2014. | 3 |
| AMindOnFire | No podcast. No YouTube channel. Just slapping some words down about movies, television, and other odd assortments for your reading pleasure. | 2 |
| AnthonyGedell | Writer. Novels coming 2023-2024 with @WRDstories and @touchpointpress. Some short poems up @punk_magazine. https://t.co/FtxgJB7rjT | 2 |
| drjonty | he/him. @theeconomist @variety @sightsoundmag @writersonfilm1 Host: Writers On Film: https://t.co/kUr3kA8yUT https://t.co/rw0TWkkdk1 | 2 |
| HumanSeasons | More light ! More light! ( Allegedly the last words of a certain man; but a fit motto for any Age.) | 2 |
| glenmazzara | TV Repairman | 2 |
| jesus_h_food | Books and dogs and beer and wine and guitars and old movies and lots of food. Also, 6 cats. 🌱 | 1 |
| dshameer | Metro Editor of the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. | 1 |
| emmetmatheson | a hat check clerk at an ice rink he/him | 1 |
Tweets per day
Top 10 tweets with highest Retweet count
| ID | Text | Retweet count |
|---|---|---|
| 1639516295388442625 | Just copped this beautiful edition of Hammett’s novels all of which I’ve already read. All of which I am going to reread. How is the opening of Red Harvest - source of Yojimbo, Fistful of Dollars and Last Man standing - not as well known as Moby Dick? @LibraryAmerica https://t.co/JX7nFdxP6B | 8 |
| 1638865496690016256 | Whitethorn’s @BlanketsWilson talks to the @LibraryAmerica about the research that inspired The Forest Cathedral! 🌲 https://t.co/3KONpxI0B6 | 1 |
| 1641612225830952969 | @drjonty @GregoryDowling1 @LibraryAmerica They do put together really nice editions. | 0 |
| 1641530739631202304 | “Edward Hirsch guides readers through a selection of American poets, making a personal case for the vitality and lasting value of poetry.” – Jeffrey Johnson reviews The Heart of American Poetry. @LibraryAmerica https://t.co/Fy4D8ZHJJR | 0 |
| 1638632688113336322 | @LibraryAmerica https://t.co/5GzTvTkBzu | 0 |
| 1638635348530954241 | .@borkdog sat down with Jay Jennings to talk about his latest project, the @LibraryAmerica volume entitled “Charles Portis: Collected Works.” https://t.co/CjotIDanqG #ARnews | 0 |
| 1638635678694006784 | @LibraryAmerica Samuel Johnson, of course, would hear nothing of it. I put his Taxation No Tyranny pamphlet up here: https://t.co/IkWd10MEsf (PS, this is not the Samuel Johnson whose son, William Samuel Johnson, was a Signer. A distant cousin believe it or not.) https://t.co/l740sIFSvc | 0 |
| 1638635972597366785 | @LibraryAmerica It's in this pamphlet that he wrote his often quoted "How is it that we hear the loudest >yelps< for liberty among the drivers of negroes?" | 0 |
| 1638660731716640768 | For Geoffrey on noir: This fall, @LibraryAmerica will publish Geoffrey O'Brien's two-volume collection of crime novels of the 1960s → https://t.co/WyervkrknZ And you can read his study Hardboiled America: Lurid Paperbacks and the Masters of Noir → https://t.co/HcpRX5FzmA https://t.co/6iLFbxRCOb | 0 |
| 1638664346489290752 | @LibraryAmerica BTW, DK if you know this, but the British Samuel Johnson and Benjamin Franklin may have met. They both attended a function for a London charity (the betterment of Blacks in Philadelphia? I need to look it up). They signed the role. No evidence of a conversation however, 1/2 | 0 |
Top 10 tweets with highest Like count
| ID | Text | Like count |
|---|---|---|
| 1639516295388442625 | Just copped this beautiful edition of Hammett’s novels all of which I’ve already read. All of which I am going to reread. How is the opening of Red Harvest - source of Yojimbo, Fistful of Dollars and Last Man standing - not as well known as Moby Dick? @LibraryAmerica https://t.co/JX7nFdxP6B | 83 |
| 1638865496690016256 | Whitethorn’s @BlanketsWilson talks to the @LibraryAmerica about the research that inspired The Forest Cathedral! 🌲 https://t.co/3KONpxI0B6 | 6 |
| 1638540031932477442 | https://t.co/PLQlzIREz2 via @Harpers Great piece on Charles Portis, one of my favorites -and wonderful news that @LibraryAmerica has published his works. Me on Portis, when he died in 2020: https://t.co/IPfo6QqNiM | 3 |
| 1641370175462096896 | @GregoryDowling1 I love @LibraryAmerica too much | 3 |
| 1638635348530954241 | .@borkdog sat down with Jay Jennings to talk about his latest project, the @LibraryAmerica volume entitled “Charles Portis: Collected Works.” https://t.co/CjotIDanqG #ARnews | 3 |
| 1639520456347729923 | @drjonty @LibraryAmerica Red Harvest is a perfect novel. The noir prototype. I’ll take it over Big Sleep or Maltese Falcon. | 3 |
| 1641241141784846336 | And of course you can always count on @LibraryAmerica to come out with beautiful and comprehensive collections for the major American playwrights like Arthur Miller, Tennessee Williams, Eugene O'Neill, and even Richard Wilbur's translations of Molière https://t.co/5gqQRBLPTF | 2 |
| 1639797069526212613 | @drjonty @LibraryAmerica Library of America always puts together nice editions. If I had the money I could easily spend hundreds of dollars on editions. | 2 |
| 1639526694519185409 | @drjonty @Audiojoe @LibraryAmerica Have same copy … and agree! | 2 |
| 1641530739631202304 | “Edward Hirsch guides readers through a selection of American poets, making a personal case for the vitality and lasting value of poetry.” – Jeffrey Johnson reviews The Heart of American Poetry. @LibraryAmerica https://t.co/Fy4D8ZHJJR | 1 |
Top 3 Languages Used In Tweets
Top 10 Hashtags used
| Hashtag | Count |
|---|---|
| #otd | 6 |
| #arnews | 1 |
Top 10 Hashtags Used In Tweets
Top 10 mentions
| Mention | Count |
|---|---|
| @libraryamerica | 57 |
| @drjonty | 14 |
| @jayjenni | 5 |
| @gregorydowling1 | 2 |
| @parisreview | 2 |
| @arkansasonline | 2 |
| @harpers | 2 |
| @blanketswilson | 2 |
| @citylightsbooks | 2 |
| @sarahw | 1 |
Top 10 mentions
Wordcloud of Tweets
Emojis
Average number of emojis used per tweet
5
Emojis used in tweets
| Emoji | Count | Emoji Text |
|---|---|---|
| ❤️🔥 | 1 | heart_on_fire |
| 😁 | 1 | beaming_face_with_smiling_eyes |
| 🌲 | 1 | evergreen_tree |
Emojis groups
| Emoji Group | Count |
|---|---|
| Smileys & Emotion | 2 |
| Animals & Nature | 1 |