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Jennifer Pullen @jpullen19.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Dr. Pullen & her TA Fidil recommend Red Winter by Cameron Sullivan. This historical fantasy contains a unique take on the Beast of Gévaudan, Joan of Arc, & other historical incidents filtered through a narrator that is at once amusingly profane & deeply sad. #purrfectreads

Tabby cat next to the novel Red Winter by Cameron Sullivan.

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Jennifer Pullen @jpullen19.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

There are so many books by authors whose work I follow coming out this fall, I'm giddy with excitement over new books by Emily St. John Mandel, China Mieville, Leigh Bardugo, Christopher Buelhman, and Madeline ffitch, to name a few. Its an embarrassment of riches!

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Jennifer Pullen @jpullen19.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Dr. Pullen & Fidil recommend The Reformatory by Tananarive Due. This historical horror novel is a page turner that is at once dark & hopeful about human potential, with two siblings struggling against racism & supernatural horrors, helped by their community. #purrffectreads

Tabby cat next to the book The Reformatory by Tananarive Due.

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Jennifer Pullen @jpullen19.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

My first day of teaching in the BFA and MFA in creative writing at Bowling Green State University is in the books! The students were so lovely!

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Jennifer Pullen @jpullen19.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Writer friends, how often do you update your author photo? Mine are about eight years old...I think I may need a new one. If you live in NW, do you have recommendations for someone who takes a cool author photos?

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Jennifer Pullen @jpullen19.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

I'm on a pedagogy panel for #AWP27 in Chicago. I hope to see my fellow creative writing academics there!

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Jennifer Pullen @jpullen19.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Fellow writers, if you had to pick one book that lit the writing spark for you, that first made you think you wanted to be a writer, what would it be?

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Jennifer Pullen @jpullen19.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

I'm writing a bunch of deeply weird flash fiction about birds and I am loving it.

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Jennifer Pullen @jpullen19.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Dr. Pullen & her TA Fidil recommend The Changeling Sea by Patricia McKillip. They'd never heard of this novella before & were delighted to discover a used copy at their local bookstore. McKillip's gorgeous prose conjures the feeling of a folktale, unknowably old, rediscovered. #purrfectreads

Brown tabby cat next to the book The Changeling Sea by Patricia McKillip.

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TheSerifM @theserifm.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

In the 2006 science fiction novel 'Rainbow's End' by Vernor Vinge, he had AIs shredding books as they ingested them at scale. Threw me out of the story, because obviously that would never happen IRL. 😑

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Jennifer Pullen @jpullen19.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

I'm back from my trip home to the NW. It was so wonderful to spend time with friends and family in the glorious outdoors of my home turf of WA (and also OR).

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Jennifer Pullen @jpullen19.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

What are your favorite contemporary fantasy novels (in this case, meaning fantasy novels set in the 21st century) for adults of the last two years?

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Jennifer Pullen @jpullen19.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Its always so good to visit home.

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Jennifer Pullen @jpullen19.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

One year Assistant Teaching Professor (Fiction) BGSU: come be my colleague for a year! www.schooljobs.com/careers/bgsu...

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Jennifer Pullen @jpullen19.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

I'm writing some really weird micro-fiction about birds, and my brain feels on fire with it. I can't wait for some of these pieces to be in the world.

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Jennifer Pullen @jpullen19.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Dr. Pullen & her TA Fidil recommend Written on the Dark by @guygavrielkay.bsky.social. This book was the treat she saved herself to binge at the end of the semester. Kay is one of our finest prose stylists & a spinner of enrapturing tales. His newest historical fantasy is perfection. #purrfectreads

Brown tabby cat next to the novel Written on the Dark by Guy Gavriel Kay.

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Jennifer Pullen @jpullen19.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

I went to Vermont for the first time for a college roomie girl's weekend. Two people had a terrible time with flights and never arrived ( American Airlines, UGH), but one friend made it, and we had a lovely time! In other news, I'm now obsessed with Vermont.

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Jennifer Pullen @jpullen19.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

I got my keys for my new office in East Hall at BGSU! My new professional home away from home, I can't wait to fill it with books!

Photo of Jen Pullen in front of college building, East Hall at BGSU.

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Jennifer Pullen @jpullen19.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

Fidil fell asleep ON MY HAND while I was petting him and watching Task Master. Oh what a sweet and silly furry boy.

Tabby cat sleeping with chin resting on Jennifer Pullen's hand.

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Jennifer Pullen @jpullen19.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

My contributor's copy for The Mid-American review has arrived. I submitted long before I knew I would someday work at BGSU, and I'm so I'm extra excited for my meta-fictional story about Christina Rossetti to within. And to share space with @gwenekirby.bsky.social! @midamericanreview.bsky.social.

Tabby cat next to the latest issue of the literary magazine MAR.

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Jennifer Pullen @jpullen19.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Its always fun being trapped into explaining to a random customer service person how AI works, that you can't copyright anything created with AI, and that "writing" with AI makes you a writer as much as microwaving a hot pocket makes you a chef.

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Jennifer Pullen @jpullen19.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

My TA Fidil & I recommend The West Façade by Lauren Johnson from the @sfwp.bsky.social. This historical fantasy set in medieval Paris swept me away. The statues on the west façade of Notre Dame come alive, but only one, the statue of Saint Genevieve steps down & becomes human. #purrfectreads

Tabby cat next to the novel The West Façade by Lauren C. Johnson.

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Jennifer Pullen @jpullen19.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

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Jennifer Pullen @jpullen19.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

I've finished my first graduate workshop syllabus!! One syllabus down, and one more to go for next semester. The luxury of only teaching 2 classes is unbelievable. I've made 5 syllabi each semester for most of the last 9 years. I'll get to focus so much more on my students now.

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Jennifer Pullen @jpullen19.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

I had an amazing first research trip for my fantasy retelling of Little Women. I visited the archives in the Houghton Library, Walden Pond (so peaceful I didn't want to leave), Alcott's house, and more!

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Jennifer Pullen @jpullen19.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

The world really has a case of the bat-shits. I'd like to recommend serious modifications to this timeline.

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Mz. April Daniels ⚧ @aprildaniels.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

When radioactivity was discovered, there was a rush to market for all sorts of radioactive consumer goods. There were water jugs made out of uranium glass, for example. I think about that a lot these days whenever I see AI products being marketed to consumers.

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Jennifer Pullen @jpullen19.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

I'm thrilled to announce that I'll be joining the English department of Bowling Green State University (Ohio) as an Associate Professor in their BFA and MFA in creative writing. I'll miss my ONU students and colleagues, but I'm SO excited for this new adventure!

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Jennifer Pullen @jpullen19.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

Dr. Pullen & her TA Fidil recommend Immersions by Kyle McCarthy from @tinhouse.bsky.social. Two sisters, both dancers with one dangerous obsession. A coming of age novel, a thriller, and stealth Bluebeard retelling, this book kept surprising us! #purrfectreads

Brown tabby cat next to the novel Immersions by Kyle McCarthy from Tin House books.

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Sarah Jane Cody is semi here @sarahjanecody.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

“I wanted to grow my hair to inappropriate lengths in hopes of gaining some sort of magic power.” - Um yes @jpullen19.bsky.social speaks for all enchanted gals in the into to this collection I know I’m going to love.

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Jennifer Pullen @jpullen19.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

Here are my #AWP2026 events!

A list of Jennifer Pullen's AWP2026 events. A panel on teaching genre fiction workshops Thursday at 10:30, an offsite reading at the Lord Baltimore Hotel on Thursday at 6, and a reminder of her book's availability at the Lanternfish Press table.

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Jennifer Pullen @jpullen19.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

Pub day for Beastly has arrived!!!

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Jennifer Pullen @jpullen19.bsky.social · 15/02/2026

Hello folks! Are you going to #AWP26 in Baltimore? If you are, join me for the offsite reading that I am coordinating with @joybaglio.bsky.social. We are also reading, alongside some cool folks including @sequoian.bsky.social & Carmen Maria Machado. 03/05/26 at 6 pm in the Lord Baltimore hotel!

AWP 2026 Offsite reading poster, with images of the readers: Carmen Maria Machado, Sequoia Nagamatsu, Gennarose Nethercott, Matthew Lansburgh, Jennifer Pullen and Joy Deva Baglio.

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Dr. Holly Walters @manigarm.bsky.social · 15/02/2026

I'm just going to keep repeating this until the apocalypse. AI doesn't *know* anything. AI only knows what something *looks like.* It's not "hallucinating." It's predicting text based on trained data. AI doesn't *KNOW* anything.

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Jennifer Pullen @jpullen19.bsky.social · 08/02/2026

My anthology of shapeshifter fairy tales comes out in 8 days. I'm so proud of this book from @lfpbooks.bsky.social it was a blast to write the informative, wild, & weird footnotes for each story! You buy it online, at your local bookstore, & get it at #AWP26 #books

Cover of Beastly: An Anthology of Shapeshifting Fairy Tales by Jennifer Pullen.

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Jennifer Pullen @jpullen19.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

Ohio Northern University's national undergrad lit mag, Polaris, is open for submissions until Feb 1st. We especially need more visual art and non-fiction. Tell your students to send us work! polarisliterarymagazine.com

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National Undergraduate Magazine

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Jennifer Pullen @jpullen19.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

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Polaris

National Undergraduate Magazine

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Jennifer Pullen @jpullen19.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

Dr. Pullen & her TA Fidil recommend Sinkhole and Other Inexplicable Voids by Leyna Krow. Set mostly in a near future NW, this collection showcases Krow's ability to write stories that are at once eerie, kind, funny, & sad. "Sinkhole" was optioned by Jordan Peele's production company.

Brown tabby cat next to the short story collection Sinkhole and Other Inexplicable Voids by Leyna Krow.

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Jennifer Pullen @jpullen19.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

I feel like I'm screaming into a void about AI and pedagogy. "Writing" a story with AI is no more a sign of knowing how to craft fiction or write than microwaving a Hot Pocket means I know how to cook.

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Jennifer Pullen @jpullen19.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

Hugs from Fidil. I think we all need it.

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Jennifer Pullen @jpullen19.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

Hello fellow university profs! Does your department need a visiting writer to give a reading? Or a contest judge? I edited an anthology of shapeshifter fairy tales for Lanternfish press (out in Feb) & of my textbook & chapbook are already out! I promise I'm an excellent visitor!

Cover of the book "Beastly: An Anthology of Shapeshifting Fairy Tales" edited by Jennifer Pullen

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Jennifer Pullen @jpullen19.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

"One does not establish a dictatorship in order to safeguard a revolution; one makes the revolution in order to establish the dictatorship. The object of persecution is persecution. The object of torture is torture. The object of power is power. Now you begin to understand me.” ― George Orwell, 1984

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Jennifer Pullen @jpullen19.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

I had a great visit home this holiday season. My home state of WA will always have its hooks in my soul. Such beauty.

Lake framed by two evergreen covered hills.

A sunset over a mountain circled valley.

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Jennifer Pullen @jpullen19.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

Cats know how to nap! Soft on soft on soft.

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