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Andrea Avery
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Author of:
• SONATA: A MEMOIR OF PAIN AND THE PIANO (Pegasus Books)
• VISITING COMPOSER: A NOVELLA (Miami U Press)
• Co-author LET’S DISCUSS (forthcoming 2026 from Teachers College Press)
BA (🎹) MFA, Ed.D @ ASU
Rheumatoid arthritis since 1989.
She/her.
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Andrea Avery @andreaavery.bsky.social · Jul 1
It’s my book’s birthday! And I am so glad and grateful it is in the hands of Miami
University Press. Dream publication experience …
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miamioh-press.bsky.social Miami University Press @miamioh-press.bsky.social · Jul 1
🎶 Happy Publication Day to VISITING COMPOSER by @andreaavery.bsky.social!! 🎶

“Gorgeous, layered, and full of feeling, this brief trip out of time and into the hearts and minds of two psychically connected young composers is a delight.” –Gregory Spatz

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A copy of VISITING COMPOSER against a green plant background.
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Coming in April and availabe now for preorder from Teachers College Press: Let’s Discuss: Practices for Equitable Student Participation in ELA Classrooms!! Couldn’t be prouder to be part of this.
The cover of a forthcoming volume from Teachers College Press. The title is Let’s Discuss: Practices for Equitable Student Participation in ELA Classrooms. The authors are Jen Soalt and Andrea Avery. The book is part of the visions of practice series edited by Sonia Nieto.
February 16, 2026 at 8:57 PM
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hey @nytimes.com I fixed it for you
A headline from the New York Times reads “What you have in common with a pigeon, and why its [sic] causing problems for you.” The first part of the headline has been amended to read “You replaced your human copyeditors” to draw attention to the use of “its” where “it’s” is correct.
February 16, 2026 at 8:50 PM
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I saw a Next Door post (about “bad bunnies” halftime show) that started with “I’m not crazy with the crotch-grabbing” followed by “So shake your booty!” Ah, wait, I see the poster has deftly addressed the inconsistency: “dance a bit like no one’s watching,” advises Nancy G, taking liberties
February 15, 2026 at 2:09 AM
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an old timey (like 80s) pics of a guy exercising and happy - I am in constant physical pain - life is a nightmare
February 13, 2026 at 8:15 PM
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You all have so tolerated the looks I served this week as part of Cookbook Lookbook week, so here’s your dessert. You’ve earned it.
On the right side of the image is a white flufft Thai rice cake festooned with fresh fruit in shades of red and green. The cake is set on a yellow wooden surface. On the right is an image of a woman wearing a silk blouse festooned with pictures of bright red and green and yellow fruit, a tan and white striped waistcoat, wide leg khaki pants with exposed French seams, white ankle booties, and red glasses. She holds a white bag with a yellow scarf tied on its handle.
February 13, 2026 at 6:37 PM
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You guys, cmon, he’s a boo-man, he-ing
February 13, 2026 at 2:01 AM
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Welcome to Cookbook Lookbook, Day 4. Offered for your consideration: a fashion interpretation of Cabbage Roulades with Lemon Sauce.
On the left side of the image is a plate of cabbage roulades served on a ceramic plate. The cabbage is green, and drizzled with pale yellow sauce. The plate is white with a purple and green floral motif on its edge. The plate sits on a black and white cloth, perhaps a keffiyah, against a purple background. On the right side, a woman wears a black and white patterned Marimekko mini dress, black tights, and purple boots. She wears a green Athleta puffer vest and a diaphanous silk skirt in pale cream with bright purple wool trim. She holds a gray and green Zac Posen handbag.
February 12, 2026 at 5:13 PM
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CNN confirms what MSNBC reported live a few hours ago: DOJ is surveilling Dem lawmakers when they go to the DOJ to search unredacted Epstein files.
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 6d
CNN: "Another photograph - these are notes AG Bondi brought to the hearing today. This shows a list of Rep. Jayapal's search history. Lawmakers are allowed to go to a DOJ facility to search unredacted files. We learned from this photo that the searches are apparently being tracked & read by the DOJ"
February 11, 2026 at 9:36 PM
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In case you were wondering if over on threads they have cracked the Guthrie case, I can tell you they have not. I just saw a person outraged that a six year old murdered in 1981 hasn’t showed up to help solve it.
A still from the Nancy Guthrie surveillance video showing the purported abductor. The post above it says “Where is Adam Walsh when you need him?” Adam Walsh was abducted and murdered in 1981, when he was six. His father, John Walsh, went on to have a career as a TV presenter, victim’s rights activist, cofounder of the Missing and Exploited Children, and host of America’s Most Wanted.
February 11, 2026 at 8:22 PM
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It’s Day 3 of Cookbook Lookbook week, wherein I shop my own closet to whip up looks inspired by the photos in Roz Denny’s Ultimate Vegetarian Cookbook. All clothes (and the book) were bought secondhand. Here’s some Chinese potatoes with Chili Beans.
On the right side of the image is a bowl of cubed, cooked potatoes and chili beans, garnished with coriander and parsley. The bowl is teal and it is displayed on a blue striped tablecloth. On the left, a woman wears a deep burgundy bias cut silk skirt (Ralph Lauren), teal leather pointed flats (Miz Mooz), a light teal sweater tank (Eileen Fisher) and a long blue and white stripedduster (Eileen Fisher). She is holding a kidney bean colored leather bag (Rebecca Minkoff) and wearing an oversized chunky link necklace in potato-esque white.
February 11, 2026 at 6:06 PM
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The time has finally come. My magnum opus, The Clownishness of Evil, has entered the world
THE CLOWNISHNESS OF EVIL' Rosemary's Baby as a Meditation on Aesthetics, Authoritarianism, and the False Self by Leta McCollough Seletzky Presented to the Chit Chat Club San Francisco, California February 10, 2026 "In an ever-changing, incomprehensible world the masses had reached the point where they would, at the same time, believe everything and nothing, think that everything was possible and that nothing was true." —Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism "Thus is the Devil ever God's ape." —Martin Luther, Table Talk I apologize in advance to scholars of film, fashion, political science, philosophy, religion, and history, as I am none of these, which will become apparent soon enough. My interest in the present topic is that of a layperson. But I think it is fair to say that every member of society who is minimally attentive to current events is rapidly gaining expertise in the interplay between clownishness, a cultish brand of authoritarianism, and the routine deceptions large and small that govern ordinary
February 11, 2026 at 5:51 AM
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I just told my surgeon that he better have options for me that aren’t amputation because i have three unfinished knitting projects and I just bought a zither
February 10, 2026 at 8:08 PM
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Day 2 of cookbook lookbook: Vegetables Julienne with Red Pepper Coulis
On the right side of the image is some cauliflower, snap peas, carrots, asparagus and broccoli, garnished with red pepper coulis, beautifully plated on a mottled gray plate. On the left stands a white woman wearing an outfit meant to interpret the dish as fashion: green wide leg pants, orange shoes and bag, an orange and green neckerchief and a muted gray blouse.
February 10, 2026 at 6:44 PM
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I feel bad for the “but I don’t understand Spanish!” losers because I can only assume they are also missing out on Bollywood?! What a small and colorless life.
February 10, 2026 at 6:40 PM
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HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW: “.. In our in-progress research, we discovered that AI tools didn’t reduce work, they consistently intensified it.”

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February 10, 2026 at 1:17 PM
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Rep. Delia Ramirez to DHS officials: "I have as much respect for you as I do for the last white men who put on masks to terrorize communities of color. I have no respect for the inheritors of the Klanhood and the slave patrol. Those activities were criminal and so are yours."
February 10, 2026 at 5:11 PM
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Saxophonist Melissa Aldana will release her 3rd Blue Note album "Filin" this Friday, a gorgeous ballads collection of Cuban Filin songs performed by an extraordinary band with Gonzalo Rubalcaba, Peter Washington, Kush Abadey & special guest vocalist Cécile McLorin Salvant: melissaaldana.lnk.to/Filin
February 9, 2026 at 10:18 PM
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Brandi Carlile's accompaniment for "America the Beautiful" before the game last night was SistaStrings. The duo, Chauntee and Monique Ross, played another American anthem, "Lift Every Voice and Sing," on the Library's Stradivarius instruments in 2024.
Here's a clip of that impromptu performance. ⬇️
February 9, 2026 at 6:55 PM
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It wasn’t Liam Ramos.

No, not even symbolically.

All you’re saying is that all those brown children look alike to you, and also that you only have space for one narrative representation of Latinos in your underexercised imagination

Same with “why didn’t Bad Bunny wear the Liam hat?!”
February 9, 2026 at 9:31 PM
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hey so is it bad if an xray tech invites you into his cubby to look at the images and says “i can’t tell you anything, but good luck”?
February 9, 2026 at 9:04 PM
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It’s time for another themed fashion week! This week’s looks are inspired by photos in Roz Denny’s Ultimate Vegetarian Cookbook. First up, Pasta and Beet Salad.
On the left, a close up of a leafy green salad with red/pink beets, avocado, and walnuts. On the right, a woman poses outdoors in front of a gray stucco wall in an outfit composed of a beet-pink silk top with ruched sleeves, a green-yellow miniskirt, brown suede western boots, brown wooden jewelry, and a belt made of brown leather cinched with a green/brown/yellow/white scarf tied in a knot. She is holding a bright green purse and wearing green glasses and earrings.
February 9, 2026 at 5:43 PM
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Not at all surprised to learn that Bad Bunny has a historical adviser. His halftime show was a reminder that our history and culture are deeply intertwined with the rest of the western hemisphere. We should think of his performance as part of #America250. #SuperBowl
news.wisc.edu/pop-star-bad...
Pop star Bad Bunny needed a Puerto Rican history scholar. UW–Madison had just the one.
Bad Bunny collaborated with UW–Madison history professor Jorell Meléndez-Badillo on Puerto Rican narratives that accompany the new album “DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS.”
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February 9, 2026 at 11:38 AM
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Celimar Rivera Cosme will make history and bring Puerto Rican Sign Language to the Super Bowl.

I love that Bad Bunny recognizes the deep, deep need to keep our roots strong.

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Celimar Rivera Cosme is set to make Super Bowl history alongside Bad Bunny: Here’s how
For the millions watching around the world, it will be a landmark moment for deaf representation
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January 28, 2026 at 7:21 PM
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nytimes.com
Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl halftime show will be interpreted by Celimar Rivera Cosme into Puerto Rican Sign Language, a unique dialect used on the island that academic researchers and other experts consider endangered.
Bad Bunny’s Sign Language Interpreter Will Make Super Bowl History, Too
Puerto Rican Sign Language is not the same as American Sign Language. Celimar Rivera Cosme will uniquely capture the rapper’s slang for the game’s deaf viewers.
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February 8, 2026 at 7:20 PM
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Sporcle hates to see Bad Bunny coming
February 9, 2026 at 3:10 AM