Joyce Carol Oates

Yes, her tone of dismissal & haughty superiority strike a sour note,... Rather than disagreeing with interpretations of Homer in a collegial manner, this person, who has benefited enormously from Nolan’s film, speaks in the crude language of MAGA folks attacking someone with ideas that differ from hers.”

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  The New York Timesnytimes.com/2026/07…Jul 31, 13:14

Within the world of translators, this seems all the more surprising since all translations are, presumably, subjective & not equivalent to the original text.

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  The Independentindependent.co.uk/arts/enterta…Jul 30, 11:58