“With some rare exceptions, I have found reading the classics as an adult to be thrilling and artistically inspiring. The classics are not some scam by Ivory Tower elites. Yes, we should expand the classics to include great works from across the world and by authors of all different backgrounds. But these books really are great. More than just great, the classics are always far weirder, hornier, and funnier than their reputations. Proust’s Swann’s Way is a riot. Melville’s Moby-Dick is beautifully bizarre. I recently revisited Morrison and Marquez and was reminded of just how full their works are of energy, mystery, and the fullness of life”
https://countercraft.substack.com/p/recommendation-the-odyssey-read-by