A Fable, With Notes

with Lauren M.E. Goodlad and Jeff Jarvis

Convocation address at University of Maine - Augusta (9/18/26)

The Writing Center’s dismantling evokes a broader pattern of institutions treating human learning and connection as costs to cut, not values to protect.

a conversation with Jeffrey Austin

An Essay Where I Scratch What Itches

Thoughts on the passing of a poet/essayist/novelist/farmer/human being.

Roosevelt Montás believes a revived liberal arts can save higher education.

Pleasures of Reading, Pleasures of Writing

Hear from 'Insecure' actor Jay Ellis, Peloton instructor and ESPN reporter Jess Sims, Campaign Zero Executive Director Deray McKesson, and many more on education topics and beyond.

We Can Read Our Way Out Of Autocracy

Notes on Darwish’s memoir, Memory for Forgetfulness

The Empathy Aliens Are Not Coming To Save Us

The National Council of Teachers of English’s decision was met with swift backlash from Conference on College Composition and Communication members, who say their organization is vital to advancing co...

Why The Atlantic and the Moral Panic Machine Are Misdiagnosing the "End of Reading"

A High School English Teacher’s Notes on Cory Doctorow’s The Reverse Centaur’s Guide to Life After AI

A study found that access to AI advice collapsed people's willingness to say "I don't know" from 44% to 3%, while accuracy dropped from 27% to 9%.