![]() ![]() And that’s where her world of references comes from. I don’t think I’d realized until now, somehow, that Anne Carson was a classicist by profession. GN: We could start with those first few pages. So much of the space and pauses require you to take your time, and I guess that is not really the pursuit of youth. This was technically my second read but I absorbed so little of it the first time that it felt like the first. ![]() Kelsey McKinney: I did not realize until a few pages into this book that I too read it as a youth. I don’t think it will shock any of you to find out that I appreciated this book much more than I did as a 17-year-old. Maitreyi Anantharaman: I haven’t thought this much about anything in a very long time. Giri Nathan: I haven’t thought this much about volcanoes in a very long time. ![]() We’ll be down in the comments to chat with you as soon as you’re done reading! Welcome back to Defector Reads A Book! Our December DRAB selection was Anne Carson's Autobiography of Red, which the Defector book sickos have read and discussed. ![]()
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