Paige Gray
@blankpaige.bsky.social
Enchantress/Professor/Explorer Extraordinaire
Children's Literature • Newspapers • Puppets
Children of the Black Press (Ohio State UP)
Cub Reporters: American Children's Literature and Journalism in the Golden Age (SUNY Press)
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Children's Literature • Newspapers • Puppets
Children of the Black Press (Ohio State UP)
Cub Reporters: American Children's Literature and Journalism in the Golden Age (SUNY Press)
linktr.ee/blankpaige1110
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Piggy will not be quiet
November 19, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Piggy will not be quiet
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I've had this tab open for several weeks, and I finally got around to it. This @skornhaber.bsky.social piece is a really thoughtful examination of a generation of critics it's very easy — and still sometimes warranted — to caricature. I learned a lot. www.theatlantic.com/culture/2025...
Traditional Criticism Is in Trouble. Here’s What’s Replacing It.
Demand for cultural commentary is higher than it’s ever been—but now that commentary is coming from unconventional new sources.
www.theatlantic.com
November 19, 2025 at 7:45 PM
I've had this tab open for several weeks, and I finally got around to it. This @skornhaber.bsky.social piece is a really thoughtful examination of a generation of critics it's very easy — and still sometimes warranted — to caricature. I learned a lot. www.theatlantic.com/culture/2025...
From Atlanta magazine and @joshgreenwriter.bsky.social:
The Library Dads are bonding through books
The Library Dads began with a simple impulse: A dad yearned to connect, by way of literacy, with his child—and with as many other fathers as possible. When South Fulton native Khari Arnold, the managi...
www.atlantamagazine.com
November 18, 2025 at 8:11 PM
From Atlanta magazine and @joshgreenwriter.bsky.social:
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The Triibe does great work. This is an exciting development and great opportunity.
We’re hiring!
The TRiiBE is currently experiencing an exciting period of audience growth, which requires a leader to capture new readers and pipeline them into our membership program.
Come work with our independent and Black-owned newsroom ✊🏾✨
thetriibe.com/jobs
The TRiiBE is currently experiencing an exciting period of audience growth, which requires a leader to capture new readers and pipeline them into our membership program.
Come work with our independent and Black-owned newsroom ✊🏾✨
thetriibe.com/jobs
We're hiring!
The TRiiBE is hiring! Take a look at our Chicago-based employment opportunities and apply today!
thetriibe.com
November 18, 2025 at 4:09 AM
The Triibe does great work. This is an exciting development and great opportunity.
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It is genuinely incredible to me how much evidence there is to support investing in the public good and how much animus there is to do this simple, effective thing.
November 18, 2025 at 3:00 AM
It is genuinely incredible to me how much evidence there is to support investing in the public good and how much animus there is to do this simple, effective thing.
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Please admire my 88 year old grandfather’s grocery list
November 17, 2025 at 4:01 AM
Please admire my 88 year old grandfather’s grocery list
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So much to unpack in one tiny film ad
November 16, 2025 at 7:53 PM
So much to unpack in one tiny film ad
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Small-time award shows and regional film festivals coming up with prizes to give to folks in the Oscar race:
November 13, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Small-time award shows and regional film festivals coming up with prizes to give to folks in the Oscar race:
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'Three black cats' by Maud Lewis (1903-1970), Canadian folk artist #WomensArt #FridayFeeling
November 14, 2025 at 6:41 AM
'Three black cats' by Maud Lewis (1903-1970), Canadian folk artist #WomensArt #FridayFeeling
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COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) — Texas A&M adopts policy requiring professors to get OK from school president to discuss certain race and gender issues.
November 13, 2025 at 11:15 PM
COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) — Texas A&M adopts policy requiring professors to get OK from school president to discuss certain race and gender issues.
Writers, unite! We must reclaim the em dash from AI!
Inside the unofficial movement to save the em dash — from A.I.
The extra-long hyphen known as the em dash is common in AI-generated text. While some writers have responded by choosing to avoid the punctuation mark, others are fighting back.
www.npr.org
November 11, 2025 at 5:08 AM
Writers, unite! We must reclaim the em dash from AI!
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One outlet that had the story right from the start: The Sun Journal of Lewiston, Maine. The shutting-down Farmer’s Almanac is based in Lewiston. (The Old Farmer’s Almanac is based in New Hampshire and is owned by Yankee Publishing.)
www.niemanlab.org/2025/11/the-...
www.niemanlab.org/2025/11/the-...
The cute yellow Old Farmer’s Almanac isn’t the one shutting down
"There are TWO. This is not The OLD Farmer's Almanac that has been around since 1792. Everything is fine. Just chill guys"
www.niemanlab.org
November 10, 2025 at 8:54 PM
One outlet that had the story right from the start: The Sun Journal of Lewiston, Maine. The shutting-down Farmer’s Almanac is based in Lewiston. (The Old Farmer’s Almanac is based in New Hampshire and is owned by Yankee Publishing.)
www.niemanlab.org/2025/11/the-...
www.niemanlab.org/2025/11/the-...
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About half of the teens surveyed believe that journalists frequently “make up details, such as quotes” and “pay for sources.” More than a third of teens believe journalists could improve by simply “Telling the truth,” “Fact checking,” and “Not lying.” buff.ly/7vgO0ci
“Biased,” “Boring,” “Chaotic,” and “Bad”: A majority of teens hold negative views of news media, report finds
About half of the teens surveyed believe that journalists frequently “make up details, such as quotes” and “pay for sources.”
www.niemanlab.org
November 6, 2025 at 5:54 PM
About half of the teens surveyed believe that journalists frequently “make up details, such as quotes” and “pay for sources.” More than a third of teens believe journalists could improve by simply “Telling the truth,” “Fact checking,” and “Not lying.” buff.ly/7vgO0ci
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There, my friends, is an urban-suburban-rural, multiracial coalition.
November 5, 2025 at 6:16 AM
There, my friends, is an urban-suburban-rural, multiracial coalition.
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This. Always this.
November 4, 2025 at 4:16 AM
This. Always this.
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Heartened to see Indiana University resume print publication of Indiana Daily Student, dropping bizarre demand that newspaper not print news. I often say I learn from my students. Looks like the student editors of the IDS taught IU leaders something, too. https://loom.ly/JMYaFSU
LETTER FROM THE EDITORS: IDS to continue printing after IU reverses course
Our next edition will hit the stands Nov. 20.
www.idsnews.com
October 31, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Heartened to see Indiana University resume print publication of Indiana Daily Student, dropping bizarre demand that newspaper not print news. I often say I learn from my students. Looks like the student editors of the IDS taught IU leaders something, too. https://loom.ly/JMYaFSU
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I was laid off from Teen Vogue today along with multiple other staffers, and today is my last day.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
November 3, 2025 at 7:52 PM
I was laid off from Teen Vogue today along with multiple other staffers, and today is my last day.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
Tired
By Langston Hughes
I am so tired of waiting,
Aren't you,
For the world to become good
And beautiful and kind?
Let us take a knife
And cut the world in two -
And see what worms are eating
At the rind.
By Langston Hughes
I am so tired of waiting,
Aren't you,
For the world to become good
And beautiful and kind?
Let us take a knife
And cut the world in two -
And see what worms are eating
At the rind.
November 3, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Tired
By Langston Hughes
I am so tired of waiting,
Aren't you,
For the world to become good
And beautiful and kind?
Let us take a knife
And cut the world in two -
And see what worms are eating
At the rind.
By Langston Hughes
I am so tired of waiting,
Aren't you,
For the world to become good
And beautiful and kind?
Let us take a knife
And cut the world in two -
And see what worms are eating
At the rind.
Halloween always makes me think of one of my favorite Oz characters, Jack Pumpkinhead. I met him through everyone's favorite creepy kid movie, Return to Oz, before meeting his literary counterpart. I wrote an essay about Jack and pumpkins for The Characters of Oz (2023).
October 31, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Halloween always makes me think of one of my favorite Oz characters, Jack Pumpkinhead. I met him through everyone's favorite creepy kid movie, Return to Oz, before meeting his literary counterpart. I wrote an essay about Jack and pumpkins for The Characters of Oz (2023).
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And thou no more art prince than she is queen.
October 30, 2025 at 8:23 PM
And thou no more art prince than she is queen.
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My latest for @nytimes.com! For 40 years, paleontologists have grappled over whether a small tyrannosaur — named Nanotyrannus — was its own animal, or simply a teenage T.rex. The debate has been ... contentious. Which is why it's so fun to finally be able to say this:
Folks? Nanotyrannus is real.
Folks? Nanotyrannus is real.
The Case of the Tiny Tyrannosaurus Might Have Been Cracked
www.nytimes.com
October 30, 2025 at 3:06 PM
My latest for @nytimes.com! For 40 years, paleontologists have grappled over whether a small tyrannosaur — named Nanotyrannus — was its own animal, or simply a teenage T.rex. The debate has been ... contentious. Which is why it's so fun to finally be able to say this:
Folks? Nanotyrannus is real.
Folks? Nanotyrannus is real.
I’m somewhere over the rainbow for Halloween! (Sometimes you have to be clever and make do when it comes to costumes.)
October 30, 2025 at 4:02 PM
I’m somewhere over the rainbow for Halloween! (Sometimes you have to be clever and make do when it comes to costumes.)
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@zohrankmamdani is a deeply thoughtful human being and we think he would make the best NYC mayor imaginable. We feel this as New Yorkers, as Jews and as human beings who are desperate for kindness, compassion and empathy to be represented in our politics.
GET OUT THE VOTE here bit.ly/4nxYXFp
GET OUT THE VOTE here bit.ly/4nxYXFp
October 28, 2025 at 9:52 PM
@zohrankmamdani is a deeply thoughtful human being and we think he would make the best NYC mayor imaginable. We feel this as New Yorkers, as Jews and as human beings who are desperate for kindness, compassion and empathy to be represented in our politics.
GET OUT THE VOTE here bit.ly/4nxYXFp
GET OUT THE VOTE here bit.ly/4nxYXFp