Christopher Rowe
@christopherrowe.bsky.social
Writer, reader, cyclist, cook, traveller. THE NAVIGATING FOX, starred review in Publishers Weekly, out now from Tordotcom Publishing.
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This is the running list to texts I've assigned thus far in my Writing 520 class, "Place as Idea and Identity." (And one of my students already got ahead of any of you other smarty-pants types; New York Magazine is not italicized because it's here listed as a publisher, not a publication.)
January 17, 2026 at 7:38 PM
This is the running list to texts I've assigned thus far in my Writing 520 class, "Place as Idea and Identity." (And one of my students already got ahead of any of you other smarty-pants types; New York Magazine is not italicized because it's here listed as a publisher, not a publication.)
Next week's reading list for my Writing 520 students. "Texts" are, as I put it "required to be read and expected to be reread" and there are questions and discussions associated with each. "Ephemera" are optional readings.
January 17, 2026 at 5:49 AM
Next week's reading list for my Writing 520 students. "Texts" are, as I put it "required to be read and expected to be reread" and there are questions and discussions associated with each. "Ephemera" are optional readings.
Having a hot old time this Friday night!
January 17, 2026 at 1:43 AM
Having a hot old time this Friday night!
A bit over a week ago, I was at my desk, leaned back with my feet propped up, as is my habit, Taters asleep on my lap, as is his. I was suddenly prompted to stretch out and pull an ink pen and an envelope closer (those are shown in the picture below), and scribbled the start of a story. (1/4)
January 16, 2026 at 6:21 PM
A bit over a week ago, I was at my desk, leaned back with my feet propped up, as is my habit, Taters asleep on my lap, as is his. I was suddenly prompted to stretch out and pull an ink pen and an envelope closer (those are shown in the picture below), and scribbled the start of a story. (1/4)
I cannot reasonably hope to equal the feeling of connection I had with my students in the very first meeting of the very first college class I ever taught, when I got to open with, "You know, I remember when I took English 101, at this community college, in this room."
January 16, 2026 at 2:26 AM
I cannot reasonably hope to equal the feeling of connection I had with my students in the very first meeting of the very first college class I ever taught, when I got to open with, "You know, I remember when I took English 101, at this community college, in this room."
Here is the dress code from my syllabus for Writing 520: Place as Idea and Identity. (there is no such dress code, y’all settle down)
January 15, 2026 at 12:16 AM
Here is the dress code from my syllabus for Writing 520: Place as Idea and Identity. (there is no such dress code, y’all settle down)
Life as I am living it in one afternoon's to do list.
January 14, 2026 at 8:24 PM
Life as I am living it in one afternoon's to do list.
"The Stars So Green and Bright" (part 1)
I'm writing a story and posting it as I go along. You can read it at my Ko-Fi page and leave a tip, here's the link, but remember that my model is "Pay What You Want, But You Don't Gotta Pay Nothin.'" Blog link in next post.
ko-fi.com/christopherr...
I'm writing a story and posting it as I go along. You can read it at my Ko-Fi page and leave a tip, here's the link, but remember that my model is "Pay What You Want, But You Don't Gotta Pay Nothin.'" Blog link in next post.
ko-fi.com/christopherr...
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January 13, 2026 at 5:36 PM
"The Stars So Green and Bright" (part 1)
I'm writing a story and posting it as I go along. You can read it at my Ko-Fi page and leave a tip, here's the link, but remember that my model is "Pay What You Want, But You Don't Gotta Pay Nothin.'" Blog link in next post.
ko-fi.com/christopherr...
I'm writing a story and posting it as I go along. You can read it at my Ko-Fi page and leave a tip, here's the link, but remember that my model is "Pay What You Want, But You Don't Gotta Pay Nothin.'" Blog link in next post.
ko-fi.com/christopherr...
Nobody ever reads the acknowledgements, but everybody should. They should especially read the acknowledgements in Norman Maclean's A River Runs Through It and Other Stories.
January 11, 2026 at 7:46 PM
Nobody ever reads the acknowledgements, but everybody should. They should especially read the acknowledgements in Norman Maclean's A River Runs Through It and Other Stories.
Not sharing any real details, but some friends, family, and colleagues know I'm dealing with some weird, fairly significant, and frankly sometimes scary stuff to do with cognition and memory. (this gets cheerier, keep reading!)
January 7, 2026 at 3:36 AM
Not sharing any real details, but some friends, family, and colleagues know I'm dealing with some weird, fairly significant, and frankly sometimes scary stuff to do with cognition and memory. (this gets cheerier, keep reading!)
A Doonesbury comic strip written and drawn by Gary Trudeau, published in 1980.
January 5, 2026 at 7:19 PM
A Doonesbury comic strip written and drawn by Gary Trudeau, published in 1980.
Holding Chi’s hair out of the wind while she practices her Demerara rum spokesmodel skills.
December 29, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Holding Chi’s hair out of the wind while she practices her Demerara rum spokesmodel skills.
Me and Guyana’s two greatest exports. Chi gives me a bottle of El Dorado rum for my birthday.
December 28, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Me and Guyana’s two greatest exports. Chi gives me a bottle of El Dorado rum for my birthday.
Hey Siri, transfer sole command of NORAD to my phone.
December 26, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Hey Siri, transfer sole command of NORAD to my phone.
As of yesterday, I am 56 Earth years old. As a science fiction writer of some regard, if little fame, I am obliged to add that also as of yesterday, I am 29.78 Mars years old.
December 26, 2025 at 7:48 PM
As of yesterday, I am 56 Earth years old. As a science fiction writer of some regard, if little fame, I am obliged to add that also as of yesterday, I am 29.78 Mars years old.
I'm trying to get up a gaming group here in Adair County and failing to enlist the aid of my nephew, William. I made up this poster for him to hang around the campus of the local college, which he attends. He is a sports nut and the opposite of a nerd. He does not seem amenable to this idea.
December 18, 2025 at 4:48 PM
I'm trying to get up a gaming group here in Adair County and failing to enlist the aid of my nephew, William. I made up this poster for him to hang around the campus of the local college, which he attends. He is a sports nut and the opposite of a nerd. He does not seem amenable to this idea.
RIP, Mr. Stoppard.
December 1, 2025 at 5:38 PM
RIP, Mr. Stoppard.
I highly recommend a slow, beginning-to-end reading of this fascinating article.
www.forbes.com/sites/duncan...
www.forbes.com/sites/duncan...
Tokyo Loses Title Of World’s Most Populous City, According To UN
New UN rankings have redefined how city populations are measured—and it's shaken up the rankings. Here are the ten most populous cities in the world.
www.forbes.com
November 29, 2025 at 5:37 PM
I highly recommend a slow, beginning-to-end reading of this fascinating article.
www.forbes.com/sites/duncan...
www.forbes.com/sites/duncan...
This and that going on and I find myself reading a book I’ve probably read a half dozen times, the book it seems like I always read when I just can’t get into any book of any sort. The book is titled First-and-Only and it was written by Dan Abnett.
November 20, 2025 at 1:37 AM
This and that going on and I find myself reading a book I’ve probably read a half dozen times, the book it seems like I always read when I just can’t get into any book of any sort. The book is titled First-and-Only and it was written by Dan Abnett.