Here's another gem - Nabokov and Lionel Trilling on an almost comedically highbrow TV show shortly after Lolita was published: http://dangerousminds.net/commen

Here's another gem - Nabokov and Lionel Trilling on an almost comedically highbrow TV show shortly after Lolita was published: http://dangerousminds.net/comments/a_baboon_of_genius_nabokov_talks_lolita_on_fifties_tv http://dangerousminds.net/comments/a_baboon_of_genius_naboko... Nabokov's manner on 1950s American TV is delightful, even if he is reading from index cards. "I leave the field of ideas to Dr. Schweitzer and, uh, Dr. Zhivago."