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		hprotagonist on Dec 3, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The impotence of being clever "Irony has only emergency use. Carried over time it is the voice of the trapped who have come to enjoy their cage." Lewis Hyde "Alcohol & Poetry: John Berryman and the Booze Talking"

cateblanchett on Dec 3, 2022 [–]

love john berryman, shout out john berryman

hprotagonist on Dec 3, 2022 | [–]

it’s usually attributed to DFW, but that’s because he quotes it approvingly in “E Unibas Pluram”

parthianshotgun on Dec 4, 2022 | | [–]

Thanks I've always attributed it to DFW. Incidentally I'm a bit sad DFW didn't get a mention in the article; seems that his insights into this are apt

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