Andy Oler
@andyoler.bsky.social
Parent, English prof, Hoosier. He/him. Departments Editor, New Territory, #LiteraryLandscapes. Old-Fashioned Modernism (LSU 2019), Michigan Salvage: The Fiction of Bonnie Jo Campbell (MSU 2023) & Lingering Inland: A Literary Tour of the Midwest (UIP 2025).
Several of Toby’s friends are gathering this weekend to play his music. Seems perfectly fitting, and I’m grateful both that they’re doing it and that I can be there
January 2, 2026 at 7:24 PM
Several of Toby’s friends are gathering this weekend to play his music. Seems perfectly fitting, and I’m grateful both that they’re doing it and that I can be there
We've got a brand-new volume of #LiteraryLandscapes for you to peruse, this time on Mark Twain! Even before you click the link below, check out these portraits—they make me wonder if *anyone* at the turn of the 19-20c was photographed more.
December 17, 2025 at 7:41 PM
We've got a brand-new volume of #LiteraryLandscapes for you to peruse, this time on Mark Twain! Even before you click the link below, check out these portraits—they make me wonder if *anyone* at the turn of the 19-20c was photographed more.
We had a really wonderful book launch for Lingering Inland last night! Thanks to everyone who came out!
December 14, 2025 at 9:31 PM
We had a really wonderful book launch for Lingering Inland last night! Thanks to everyone who came out!
My Aunt Tracy sent me a note and look at this brilliant sticker
December 11, 2025 at 9:39 PM
My Aunt Tracy sent me a note and look at this brilliant sticker
Look at that beautiful box of books!
December 6, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Look at that beautiful box of books!
Pretty pleased with this end-of-semester grading set-up
December 5, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Pretty pleased with this end-of-semester grading set-up
A few other folks shared too, including one guy he talked to in the post office where he worked. After, a few other music friends hung around and played several more songs. The people at the local diner where Dad and Toby would eat got this wood engraving for Mom and Dad.
November 29, 2025 at 6:42 PM
A few other folks shared too, including one guy he talked to in the post office where he worked. After, a few other music friends hung around and played several more songs. The people at the local diner where Dad and Toby would eat got this wood engraving for Mom and Dad.
I’ve been given the highest honor
October 30, 2025 at 12:24 PM
I’ve been given the highest honor
Here we are—what a fun panel! @rosstangedal.bsky.social @dawnburns.bsky.social @leahamilne.bsky.social @indianahumanities.bsky.social
October 11, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Here we are—what a fun panel! @rosstangedal.bsky.social @dawnburns.bsky.social @leahamilne.bsky.social @indianahumanities.bsky.social
Come visit me and The New Territory at Proof: A Midwest Lit Fest!
October 11, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Come visit me and The New Territory at Proof: A Midwest Lit Fest!
Check out these @wittybanterism.bsky.social prints that my brother commissioned of my parents’ old house and barn
September 27, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Check out these @wittybanterism.bsky.social prints that my brother commissioned of my parents’ old house and barn
Sitting in a coffee shop, preparing to teach The Green Corn Rebellion for the first time, and I had forgotten that it kicks off with such a banger
September 4, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Sitting in a coffee shop, preparing to teach The Green Corn Rebellion for the first time, and I had forgotten that it kicks off with such a banger
Advanced Reader Copy! Look at this beauty
August 19, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Advanced Reader Copy! Look at this beauty
Saw my favorite truck in the wild this morning
August 6, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Saw my favorite truck in the wild this morning
I’m reading Middlemarch for the first time, and though a youth baseball clinic is pretty great for a morning of reading, and there are both lovely and funny passages, I can’t help but think I could have used some guidance to really appreciate this book
June 28, 2025 at 1:41 PM
I’m reading Middlemarch for the first time, and though a youth baseball clinic is pretty great for a morning of reading, and there are both lovely and funny passages, I can’t help but think I could have used some guidance to really appreciate this book
Banner day: introducing the children to Wayne’s World
June 27, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Banner day: introducing the children to Wayne’s World
It’s a good afternoon, finally getting to settle in with Ashley Howard’s Midwest Unrest
June 19, 2025 at 8:33 PM
It’s a good afternoon, finally getting to settle in with Ashley Howard’s Midwest Unrest
I *wish* I were at a Des Moines brewery instead of in a hotel room drinking chamomile tea and babying my voice, but here's a little preview of tomorrow's #MHA2025 presentation.
May 16, 2025 at 12:01 AM
I *wish* I were at a Des Moines brewery instead of in a hotel room drinking chamomile tea and babying my voice, but here's a little preview of tomorrow's #MHA2025 presentation.
It’s my birthday, and I’ve got a book and a latte and a carrot cake muffin, and on the way to the coffee shop I saw a bunny
March 14, 2025 at 2:54 PM
It’s my birthday, and I’ve got a book and a latte and a carrot cake muffin, and on the way to the coffee shop I saw a bunny
Update: we made it inside
December 24, 2024 at 4:24 PM
Update: we made it inside
The line at our local fish market, with complimentary Bloody Mary
December 24, 2024 at 4:15 PM
The line at our local fish market, with complimentary Bloody Mary
Well, I made a hash of the fluting, but Elin’s birthday mulberry pie (berries from our tree) is ready to go for tomorrow!
December 24, 2024 at 1:42 AM
Well, I made a hash of the fluting, but Elin’s birthday mulberry pie (berries from our tree) is ready to go for tomorrow!
We’ve had a department tic-tac-toe game for a while—play when you walk by, set the next piece out—and then today somebody added jenga
December 10, 2024 at 1:04 PM
We’ve had a department tic-tac-toe game for a while—play when you walk by, set the next piece out—and then today somebody added jenga
My election anxiety must have been obvious today, bc a good colleague gifted me these spice packets
November 4, 2024 at 11:48 PM
My election anxiety must have been obvious today, bc a good colleague gifted me these spice packets
Rarely am I inspired to put out candy, but then I came across this perfect container…
October 28, 2024 at 12:14 PM
Rarely am I inspired to put out candy, but then I came across this perfect container…