A Daughter's Tribute: How a Geography Professor Inspired a Translator's World
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Jennifer Croft writes a heartfelt Father's Day letter to her father, reflecting on how he shaped her life as a reader, writer, and translator. She credits him for introducing her to the world through geography, teaching her about maps and globes, and inspiring her curiosity about foreign languages and cultures. The piece is a personal tribute exploring the profound influence of a parent who may not be a reader himself but who instilled a love of learning and exploration in his daughter.
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· 4 pulledI know you've never been much of a reader, but you're the reason I became one, as well as a writer and a translator of literature from Argentina, Poland and Ukraine.
I know I never would have learned any foreign language without you. I would never have had any inkling of the world, to make me want to.
You're the one who first placed my tiny hands on the rising, falling surface of a globe.
You taught college geography for 56 years — 56, your whole phone number growing up in the 1940s in Bluff City, KS.
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