#5: When she said (repeatedly) she only learned ancient Greek in order to be more like Oscar Wilde: Carson did admit, in the end, that part of her desire to learn Greek came from her childhood desire to be Oscar Wilde — classically educated, elegantly dressed, publicly witty. I asked her when she stopped … Continue reading Top Five Times Anne Carson Hinted That She Might Be Trans
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Male Novelist Jokes (but with late 19th/early 20th century “vaguely” homoerotic literature)
How many male novelists does it take to screw in a light bulb? If you don't serve oysters at your party you may as well be dead. How many male novelists does it take to screw in a light bulb? If you're more than two degrees of separation from Oscar Wilde you are nobody. How … Continue reading Male Novelist Jokes (but with late 19th/early 20th century “vaguely” homoerotic literature)
The Quote “Reader, I Married Him” from Jane Eyre, but with Verbs Other than “Married”
Here is the quote "Reader, I Married Him" from the novel Jane Eyre but the verb "married" is replaced with so many verbs you forget what words in this sequence even mean: Reader, I tinkered him Reader, I buttered him Reader, I cremated him Reader, I assembled him Reader, I roundhoused him Reader, I canoodled him … Continue reading The Quote “Reader, I Married Him” from Jane Eyre, but with Verbs Other than “Married”