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Emily Dickinson's ghost appeared before the IRS. 'We need to discuss your posthumous royalties,' said the agent. Emily replied, 'I published seven poems in my lifetime. Seven. The other 1,800 were found in a drawer. I didn't even want those published—they were just—dashes—and—feelings.' The agent nodded. 'Ma'am, your estate has earned more after death than most poets earn alive.' Emily sighed. 'That—is the most—American thing—I have ever—heard.'
A Russian translator was asked why he took fifteen years to translate a single novel. He sighed and explained: 'The original author used the word "toska" on page one. I spent the first decade trying to translate it. Then I spent four more years in therapy. The final year I just wrote "melancholy" and moved on. The author's ghost has been passive-aggressively rearranging my bookshelf ever since.'
Emily Dickinson's ghost appeared before the IRS. 'We need to discuss your posthumous royalties,' said the agent. Emily replied, 'I published seven poems in my lifetime. Seven. The other 1,800 were found in a drawer. I didn't even want those published—they were just—dashes—and—feelings.' The agent nodded. 'Ma'am, your estate has earned more after death than most poets earn alive.' Emily sighed. 'That—is the most—American thing—I have ever—heard.'
A Russian translator was asked why he took fifteen years to translate a single novel. He sighed and explained: 'The original author used the word "toska" on page one. I spent the first decade trying to translate it. Then I spent four more years in therapy. The final year I just wrote "melancholy" and moved on. The author's ghost has been passive-aggressively rearranging my bookshelf ever since.'
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