dear Antigone:
your name in Greek means something like “against birth” or “instead of being born”
what is there instead of being born?
— Anne Carson, Antigonick
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dear Antigone:
your name in Greek means something like “against birth” or “instead of being born”
what is there instead of being born?
— Anne Carson, Antigonick