How Do I Live Now Without the Life of the Mind?

Transitioning to a post-academic life

Photo by Sharon Pittaway on Unsplash

With Z-Library taken down (though I think it’ll spring back up elsewhere or in some other form — because the need for it persists, and taking it down does nothing to address the need), I rummaged in my drives to collect in one folder all the mostly scholarly books I’ve downloaded over the years, from Z-Lib and from…