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Franky (Frances) Cannon

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Writer, artist, editor, educator. Mellon Science and Nature Writing Fellow at Kenyon College. Author of "Walter Benjamin Reimagined", MIT Press, "Fling Diction," Green Writers Press, and other books. https://linktr.ee/Frankyfrancescannon

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Truthout @truthout.org · 4d

Why I’m Leaving Academia after a Decade of Contingent Labor

Roughly 70 percent of faculty are contingent. This exploitative hustle is driving dedicated teachers out of academia.

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Franky (Frances) Cannon @frankyfrancescannon.com · 4d

I wrote a piece for @truthout.org about my frustrating path as a contingent professor (adjunct, visiting). I began writing this piece during an OpEd project workshop with the editorial mentorship of Reshmi Dutt-Ballerstadt @reshmi777.bsky.social read it here: truthout.org/articles/why...

Why I’m Leaving Academia after a Decade of Contingent Labor

Roughly 70 percent of faculty are contingent. This exploitative hustle is driving dedicated teachers out of academia.

truthout.org

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Franky (Frances) Cannon @frankyfrancescannon.com · 14d

New podcast conversation with yours truly and Patricia Kaishian, about queer ecologies , fungi, writing, and more! open.spotify.com/episode/6isX...

Episode 19: Queer Fungi

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Franky (Frances) Cannon @frankyfrancescannon.com · Jun 14

Impressive turnout for the NO KINGS protest in Ohio

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Michael Sundue @msundue.bsky.social · Mar 25

Thrilled to read about this exhibit curated by Mycologist Patricia Kaishian at New York State Museum -- I hope I get to see it in person!
A Fungi Pioneer’s Lifelong Work on Exhibit www.nytimes.com/2025/03/25/s...

A Fungi Pioneer’s Lifelong Work on Exhibit

Mushrooms in 19th-century watercolors: The paintings of a self-taught female mycologist are featured at the New York State Museum.

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Senator Bernie Sanders @sanders.senate.gov · Apr 26

We need the best educated workforce in the world.

We need the best teachers in the world.

We need to pay our teachers fairly for the important work they do.

No teacher in America should begin at less than $60,000 a year.

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🎮 Dr. Gremlin 😈 (they/she/any) @colorless.green · Apr 21

so they're mycoblogging

Headline that says mushrooms may talk to one another with up to 50 words

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Senator Bernie Sanders @sanders.senate.gov · Apr 11

An innocent man, picked up by “mistake,” must not be allowed to rot in an El Salvadorian jail.

Mr. President. Obey the courts. Obey our Constitution. Bring him home immediately.

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Franky (Frances) Cannon @frankyfrancescannon.com · Apr 11

Respectively: apocalyptic consequences of American apathy in the face of climate change and political disasters; and the grotesque excess of American tourists on a cruise

Franky (Frances) Cannon @frankyfrancescannon.com · Apr 11

Why oh why did I decide to read these two books simultaneously: they couldn't be more different in tone and topic: Octavia Butler's "Parable of the Sower" and David Foster Wallace's "A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again". Or, perhaps they're the perfect pairing:

Franky (Frances) Cannon @frankyfrancescannon.com · Apr 6

Octavia Butler’s Prescient Vision of a Zealot Elected to “Make America Great Again”
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Octavia Butler’s Prescient Vision of a Zealot Elected to “Make America Great Again”

In the ongoing contest over which dystopian classic is most applicable to our time, Butler’s “Parable” books may be unmatched.

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Franky (Frances) Cannon @frankyfrancescannon.com · Mar 18

New book alert! @howtoloveaforest.bsky.social and I collaborated on this kids book, Willow and the Storm, published by @greenwriterspress.bsky.social

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Franky (Frances) Cannon @frankyfrancescannon.com · Mar 13

I gave a reading from my poetry collection at my old high school, what a wacky nostalgic experience!

Franky (Frances) Cannon @frankyfrancescannon.com · Feb 13

New interview and review of my poetry collection, Fling Diction, launched today @greenwriterspress.bsky.social

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lukelukeluke @lukelukeluke.bsky.social · Nov 2

Practicing self care by lying on the forest floor until the roots of the trees and mushrooms pierce my body and accept me into their nutrient web

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lukelukeluke @lukelukeluke.bsky.social · Feb 3

Here are some nice mushrooms

A small family of splitgill mushrooms grows from the underside of an upturned stick like a bouquet of flowers. Behind them is a gray, bare, winter forest

All photos by me

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Franky (Frances) Cannon @frankyfrancescannon.com · Jan 26

I have a podcast of book recommendations and my 6th episode is now up: Jen Beagin's "Big Swiss". open.spotify.com/episode/2W9y...

EPISODE 6: BIG SWISS by JEN BEAGIN

WRITING PROF BOOK RECS · Episode

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Franky (Frances) Cannon @frankyfrancescannon.com · Jan 24

Did you know that snails hibernate?

Franky (Frances) Cannon @frankyfrancescannon.com · Jan 23

Wearing my grandmother Helen's snail pin to remind me to take it slow

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Amorak Huey @amorak.bsky.social · Jan 22

Here's Emily to heat up this cold Wednesday morning

Wild nights - Wild nights! (269)

By Emily Dickinson

Wild nights - Wild nights!
Were I with thee
Wild nights should be
Our luxury!

Futile - the winds -
To a Heart in port -
Done with the Compass -
Done with the Chart!

Rowing in Eden -
Ah - the Sea!
Might I but moor - tonight -
In thee!

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Franky (Frances) Cannon @frankyfrancescannon.com · Jan 18

Yes! Very interested. Where can I find your email?

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Catherine Lacey @catherinelacey.bsky.social · Jan 16

The most Capricorn-y Capricorn to have ever walked the earth.

brad listi @bradlisti.bsky.social · Jan 16

‘Do stuff. Be clenched, curious. Not waiting for inspiration's shove or society's kiss on your forehead. Pay attention. It's all about paying attention. Attention is vitality. It connects you with others. It makes you eager. Stay eager.’

Happy birthday to author Susan Sontag. Born January 16, 1933.

'Susan Sontag, Social Critic With Verve, Dies at 71,’ by Margalit Fox. December 29, 2004. NY Times.

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Franky (Frances) Cannon @frankyfrancescannon.com · Jan 14

Me during job app season in academia

Franky (Frances) Cannon @frankyfrancescannon.com · Jan 11

For context: I witness a lot of bizarre scenes on road trips between Vermont and Ohio

Franky (Frances) Cannon @frankyfrancescannon.com · Jan 10

Police raid at the Bigfoot museum

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