On @collegeboard.org @ap-trevor.bsky.social using the "Look at me" passage from my book, Stranger Faces, for the AP Lang exam.

The College Board did not ask me or my publishers for permission to use my work. That does not, in my view, fall under "fair use," as it was not being used to teach. 1/

Beyond excited to ~officially~ unveil this new lot of books for students on Tuesday! Thank you @pennykittle.bsky.social Book Love Grant ♥️

If you dread reading the student work you’ve elicited from them, you’re doing something wrong.

If your goal this year is to read more books, remember:

you don’t have to finish every book you start. If you’re halfway through and can’t stand the characters or just don’t care what happens, it’s okay to put it down.

Life’s too short to read books you don’t love!

I don’t want my class to prepare students for ‘the real world.’

I want my class to help students dream of a better world.

I have always loved public libraries, but having young children has exponentially increased my gratitude and sense of indebtedness to them. Our local library is such a huge part of our lives. The books, the programming, the very intentionally curated kids’ section. It’s all such a gift.

Winter break currently reading:

Cowboy Carter is full of nostalgia, America, drinking, dancing, a little bragging, and heartbreak. She sang while riding a damn horse and she shouted out Texas.

It truly doesn’t get more country than that.

The library is an awesome resource. Aside from books, you can get free entry to museums, they have conference rooms and study spaces you can book, free subscriptions to ebooks, internet access, writing tools, betterment workshops, etc

We spent some time with Joy Harjo this December….

Some book club snacks of the week from AP lang & AP lit