"Now every mortal has painand sweat is constant,but if there is anything dearer than being alive,it's dark to me.We humans seem disastrously in love with this thing(whatever it is) that glitters on the earth--we call it life. We know no other.The underworld's a blankand all the rest just fantasy."

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Anne Carson is a Canadian poet, essayist, and classicist known for innovative writing that blends poetry, translation, and scholarship. Her work has received major international literary recognition.

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