Since leaving the Twitter-verse, I haven’t found a comparable community of educators. I don’t regret leaving—yet I miss the discussions and professional learning. Calling out to my fellow educators. Definitely miss you and look forward to learning here. #teaching #EnglishTeacher #teacherman

Ever since Donald Trump was first elected President, in 2016, a slew of books have attempted to reckon with the growing divide between urban and rural populations in the U.S. Few do so as deftly as Beth Macy’s new book, “Paper Girl,” Grace Byron writes.

Hey MAGA people, having any buyer’s remorse yet? 🤣🤣🤣

“An authentically popular American fascism would be pious, antiblack, and, since September 11, 2001, anti-Islamic as well.”
Chilling, brilliant essay by @michaelharriot.bsky.social

www.contrabandcamp.com/p/the-threat...

“It is called ‘school choice,’ but the schools choose, not the students or families.” —an interview with @dianeravitch.bsky.social

Moving towards the end of my dissertation. #amwriting #doctoralcandidate #criticalreflection

Thrilled to be part of this year’s conference!

“One rationale for public schools has long been that students benefit from learning alongside classmates from different backgrounds,” writes Diane Ravitch. “But this is precisely what the parents’ rights movement rejects.”

“Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent.”

— Isaac Asimov

Interesting.

Roth’s work is masterful—yes, requiring interrogation, but his narratives and characters are exquisitely crafted, his ideas incisive and critical. After reading several of his novels, I listened to the biography by Blake Bailey. I continue to be intrigued, and want to read more of Roth’s novels.

'The air, as dusk came, grew yellow, like the fog in Prufrock that licks its tongue into the corners of the evening.'

Colm Tóibín writes from Los Angeles, online early from the next issue: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

I love this passage from Salman Rushdie’s memoir, KNIFE.

Thinking about the reading-writing connection this morning and its benefits—both as a teacher and doctoral candidate. Baldwin’s philosophy nudges me to even deeper layers of reflection. #amwriting #Baldwin #dissertation #criticalreflection