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who fucked jesus?

nah, anthologies often suck, unless you're talking about selected works from a great writer and even then selection is so often weirdly arbitrary

anthologies often lead to nowhere and present things in the wrong context.

here it becomes a matter of finding the right anthologist. often unsung heroes, the poor bastards. it's easier to hunt for a great writer than for a great anthologist.

best to look at complete books by great writers where you can really "get them"

to pare shit down, then i'd say start with fucking POE. that's the epicenter, in more ways than one. get the whole book of everything, with his essays and poems too, then peck around.

otherwise fast forward to FICCIONES which is where borges first found his best form.