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“Notes on ‘Camp’” is quite possibly the best pieces of non-fiction I’ve ever read. Sontag is so articulate and thorough with her analysis of this cultural and aesthetic phenomenon, and as a lover of all things Camp, it’s such a treat to have this essay which vocalises all its wonderful complexities.

could this really be my fifth translation/retelling of Antigone this year????

so far, not so good 🥱 translating it is more engaging than reading it, I fear 😬

Caesar referring to himself in the third person will never not be weird

“Now he was carrying something he wanted to keep, and that changed everything”

“when you’ve lived the way I have, surrounded by evil, isn’t there some slight advantage in death?”

This is so much better than Mother Courage.