Yesterday, my job hosted an English majors open house, and it was so delightful and just filled my heart with joy.

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There is nothing like being around students who love books and reading and writing and want to know more about it.

I mean. It just makes my heart happy.

My favorite is that they almost all said, after seeing the table full of books, “Free books? Sweet.”

MY HEART. I cannot deal.

Anyway, it was pretty great talking books and writing with young people. And it also reminded me how much I loved teaching creative writing and literature appreciation, and I cannot wait until I get one of those rotations because, seriously, it is a balm in the desert of my soul to have classes with students who are enthusiastic about reading and/or writing.

(My favorite part of teaching creative writing was always the group book recommendation sessions. Ahhhhhhh.)

That is all.