Highly recommend Babel by RF Kuang, an excellent take on the purpose of translation and the academy’s relationship to empire.

Also, The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss.

Sent you an email with the PDF!

And no one tells you that you really should have the essay prompts decided at the beginning of the semester so you can make sure you’re giving your students the necessary resources/lessons to write compelling responses!

apotropaic 🩷