Associate Professor of Classics at UCLA. “Cicero and the Early Latin Poets” (CUP 2022). Fragments; Latin literature and culture, Cicero. She/her.
Jul 31, 2022 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
classics and humanities in general often market themselves with the argument that “reading is empathy”; Elaine Castillo’s critique of this line of thinking in “How to Read Now” (just came out) is really spot on I think
reminds me of Yaa Gyasi’s forceful critique amp.theguardian.com/books/2021/mar…