Mike Ingram
@mikeingram.bsky.social
Editor at Barrelhouse. Professor at Temple University. Union rep. Author of Notes from the Road (Awst Press). World’s #1 Cat Dad.
To be fair, it’s a tiny percentage of students, but when it happens I just want to comment “bro, get yourself right with god”
February 11, 2026 at 4:20 PM
To be fair, it’s a tiny percentage of students, but when it happens I just want to comment “bro, get yourself right with god”
The cognitive dissonance, in an intro creative writing class, of reading responses that are like “This is my favorite essay we’ve read so far, and here are 23 reasons why” followed by some bullshit AI summary that’s not even of the right essay.
February 11, 2026 at 3:48 PM
The cognitive dissonance, in an intro creative writing class, of reading responses that are like “This is my favorite essay we’ve read so far, and here are 23 reasons why” followed by some bullshit AI summary that’s not even of the right essay.
Also, they're willing to read prose up to 5K words (they voted on this! I told them they might regret it!) so get those long boys ready to go
February 10, 2026 at 8:31 PM
Also, they're willing to read prose up to 5K words (they voted on this! I told them they might regret it!) so get those long boys ready to go
We should be opening for submissions in the next few days, and will stay open for a month, or until we hit 500 subs (the latter of which will probably happen first). Fiction, poetry, nonfiction. So, get those brain-gears turning.
February 10, 2026 at 8:28 PM
We should be opening for submissions in the next few days, and will stay open for a month, or until we hit 500 subs (the latter of which will probably happen first). Fiction, poetry, nonfiction. So, get those brain-gears turning.
I mostly just hung out and tried to look professorial
February 10, 2026 at 2:18 PM
I mostly just hung out and tried to look professorial
Until we get famous for other stuff and have to go be interviewed!
February 9, 2026 at 8:22 PM
Until we get famous for other stuff and have to go be interviewed!
Got out while the getting was good!
February 9, 2026 at 8:17 PM
Got out while the getting was good!
I’m realizing it may have something to do with how mean that 7th grade teacher was
February 9, 2026 at 4:29 PM
I’m realizing it may have something to do with how mean that 7th grade teacher was
Now I know what my problem is, at least! My 7th grade english teacher made us do nothing but grammar and sentence diagramming. I missed important Poetry 2.0 lessons!
February 9, 2026 at 4:19 PM
Now I know what my problem is, at least! My 7th grade english teacher made us do nothing but grammar and sentence diagramming. I missed important Poetry 2.0 lessons!
A Raid in a Small Town Brings Trump’s Deportations to Deep-Red Idaho
www.nytimes.com
February 9, 2026 at 1:59 PM
They call this rhetorical move "the self-Chotiner"
February 9, 2026 at 1:58 PM
They call this rhetorical move "the self-Chotiner"
Ha. Well, I'll take them over diagramming any day.
February 8, 2026 at 7:06 PM
Ha. Well, I'll take them over diagramming any day.