‼️Attention everyone‼️Deadline Extension‼️ The deadline to submit synchronous proposals for our 2025 symposium “Crafting the Irresistible” is now February 21st! If you haven’t submitted yours, now is the time to do it. 🙌🏼⭐️ email your proposals to [email protected]

The excellent folks at @littsburgh.bsky.social have published the opening pages of HEADING NORTH, so you can get a little sneak peek before the novel arrives on 11/7:

Looks like I’ll be presenting at CCCC’s in Spokane. I’ll be presenting on creativity & reimagining peer review processes in composition classrooms ✨

Moving to an entirely new state means you’re stuck craving a very particular tea latte that’s only made by one coffee shop that’s now seven hours away

My novel HEADING NORTH, out Nov. 7 from Braddock Avenue Books, is available for preorder! Follow Viktor Myrnikov's first NHL season as he tries to create a new life in a new league after tragedy, in the queer literary hockey novel you know you've always wanted. bit.ly/preorderHN

Seems appropriate that my first post here would be about teaching writing. With most college semesters starting over the next couple of weeks, I thought I'd share my Quick-Start Guide for Teaching a Writing Class: https://docs.google.com/document/d/19zo4q68baHHsctJxIMUg46fcnxBzh8ToGHiWjAf5cwM/edit

Things I didn’t expect when starting a PhD program: aggressive campus squirrels. Had to leave my apple as a sacrifice so they wouldn’t mug me for the rest of my lunch