Here’s one of the most interesting literary sites I’ve run across, Digital Emunction—discovered, as is often the case for me, thanks to Bill Knott. Knott, by the way, misrepresents Michael Robbins’ post, which is fundamentally a tribute to Knott and his work. (Robbins thinks it’s part of Knott’s “shtick,” and I’m inclined to agree.) Enjoy!
etiam—mihi quoque, caesar
et tu, brute
This reminded me of a journal entry I wrote back in 2003. Here is the “pertinent” part:<br /><br />I just finished reading a humorously sarcastic and repulsive little story by Scottish writer Hugh MacDiarmid — MacDiarmid being the pen name of C.M. Grieve, who passed away in 1978. The name of the story is “Five Bits of Miller.” In trying to remember “Miller” — a person we can only hope is dead —