Well, given his blindness and putting aside his Greekness for the
moment, he'd have qualified for benefits under the Americans with
Disabilities Act and allowed to earn only so much from his poetry
in order to remain eligible for them, so he'd have had to choose
between Social Security and the odds of the Iliad or the Odyssey
becoming megabuck bestsellers in all those Penguin and other
editions.
What would YOU have done in Homer's place? (I'm asking all of yez,
not just JK.)
Candice
At 03:13 PM 10/15/00 +0000, you wrote:
>was homer an amateur or professional? a careerist or an honest part-timer?
>aren't labels interesting.
>
>best,
>jk
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