Bringing you the latest news on The Path from the week of 4/1 to 4/5 and beyond.
Reinforcements
Toranaga may have been betrayed by his snake-ass brother Saeki Nobutatsu in episode 7 of Shogun, but The Path has made a better choice of allies. We are happy to welcome Olivia Snyder, our translator for all episode reviews of Shogun, back to our ranks as a full-time member to produce original and translated content. Olivia was previously co-editor of The Path‘s former spin-off site The Second Stylus from 2020-2021.
Words of War
This week The Path presented Olivia’s catch-up translation of Shogun episode 2, along with Benjamin’s English recap and review of episode 7. Olivia’s translation of his episode 7 piece should follow this Saturday or Sunday depending on time zone. Meanwhile, Frankie wrote a piece on the politics of oil and Spice as a metaphor for oil in Dune, one of several pieces she’s written on Dune recently. Luis meanwhile is busy carrying out work re-upping the site. Read his most recent article on the development of CD Projekt Red as a studio from The Witcher to Cyberpunk 2077 here.
Coming Soon
Expect more great content on Shogun from Ben and Olivia through 4/26. On 4/12, Fallout premieres, and Luis will be reviewing it in five segments, with reviews of two episodes a piece plus one overall judgement. In May, The Path has tentative plans to do a deep-dive into Final Fantasy VII Rebirth, and in June/July we will be devoting the bulk of our coverage to House of the Dragon season 2, with Luis and Olivia taking point.
Benjamin Rose is a poet from Washington D.C. and the author of Elegy For My Youth (2023) and Dust Is Over All (2024). He studied English at the Catholic University of America and is the winner of the 2023 O’Hagan Poetry Prize. From 2019 he has edited The Path. Buy his books here.