Melissa Ann Pinney's photographs capture everyday moments of adolescence inside Chicago Public Schools over the course of a seven-year artist residency. n.pr/3JGsjU3

Historians at Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello have announced the identification of 6 additional individuals who were enslaved at the plantation. www.29news.com/2025/10/21/m... It marks the first time new names have been added to the estate’s memorial dedicated to honoring the enslaved community.

My prose poem “THE ADVERTISEMENTS” from “BAD MEXICAN, BAD AMERICAN” @acrebooks.bsky.social

Short Poem of the day. 📝 Mrs. Darwin 7 April 1852. Went to the Zoo. I said to Him- Something about the Chimpanzee over there reminds me of you. Carol Ann Duffy

Replacing term papers with in-class writing assignments may be nearly as devastating to writing as AI cheating. It will accelerate the culture of the hot take. I don’t know what to do. So far, I think the only hope is for those who don’t *want* to cheat.

This, FWIW, is my current teaching policy on AI, always subject to revision. It is, I recognize, easier applied to creative writing, which draws students who *want* to take the course rather than have to.

NPR has lost a singular, distinctive radio journalist: Susan Stamberg, who died Thursday. She was the first woman to host a national news broadcast and set the tone, pace, and scope of the network. n.pr/3IR4JUn

In Fredericksburg, TX, a celebration of books amid attempts to ban some of them from city schools www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston...

New monument commemorates tragic anti-immigrant chapter in Wyoming history www.npr.org/2025/09/28/n...

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Author and illustrator Andrea Cáceres has changed careers, moved countries and built a new home — all alongside her 15-year-old pup, Tobi. Now, he's the main character of her new children's book, Hello, Tobi!, which celebrates their walks in the park.