R. Joseph Rodríguez
@escribescribe.bsky.social
Editor | Educator | Hiker | Poet | Reader | Researcher | Scribe | Smiler | Storyteller | Thinker | Austin, Tejas
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@zinnedproject.bsky.social provides a list of multimodal resources to learn and explore the legacy of MLK. Bookmark it today, read and explore over the next months. King's legacy is about more than a day #mlkday www.zinnedproject.org/news/mlk-jr-...
Martin Luther King Jr.: Beyond “I Have a Dream”
Resources about Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., beyond the traditional narrative.
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January 19, 2026 at 2:48 PM
@zinnedproject.bsky.social provides a list of multimodal resources to learn and explore the legacy of MLK. Bookmark it today, read and explore over the next months. King's legacy is about more than a day #mlkday www.zinnedproject.org/news/mlk-jr-...
Claudette Colvin, arrested in 1955 for refusing to give up bus seat, dies
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Claudette Colvin, who refused to move seats on a bus at start of civil rights movement, dies
Civil rights pioneer Claudette Colvin has died. She was 86. Her 1955 arrest for refusing to give up her seat on a segregated Montgomery bus helped spark the modern civil rights movement.
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January 14, 2026 at 2:33 AM
Claudette Colvin, arrested in 1955 for refusing to give up bus seat, dies
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Happy new year!
I love sharing this poem by @maggiesmithpoet.bsky.social.
I’m reminded this year of Audre Lorde: “These places of possibility within ourselves are dark because they are ancient and hidden; they have survived and grown strong through darkness.”
I love sharing this poem by @maggiesmithpoet.bsky.social.
I’m reminded this year of Audre Lorde: “These places of possibility within ourselves are dark because they are ancient and hidden; they have survived and grown strong through darkness.”
January 4, 2026 at 12:22 AM
Happy new year!
I love sharing this poem by @maggiesmithpoet.bsky.social.
I’m reminded this year of Audre Lorde: “These places of possibility within ourselves are dark because they are ancient and hidden; they have survived and grown strong through darkness.”
I love sharing this poem by @maggiesmithpoet.bsky.social.
I’m reminded this year of Audre Lorde: “These places of possibility within ourselves are dark because they are ancient and hidden; they have survived and grown strong through darkness.”
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Register today for the 2026 IRC Conference, A Full Literacy Palette, from March 12-13, 2026 in Springfield, Illinois! Find out about the amazing authors and speakers joining us at
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#IRCreads @ILReadCouncil
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#IRCreads @ILReadCouncil
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December 2, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Register today for the 2026 IRC Conference, A Full Literacy Palette, from March 12-13, 2026 in Springfield, Illinois! Find out about the amazing authors and speakers joining us at
www.illinoisreadingcouncil.org/conference-i...
#IRCreads @ILReadCouncil
@escribescribe.bsky.social
www.illinoisreadingcouncil.org/conference-i...
#IRCreads @ILReadCouncil
@escribescribe.bsky.social
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"Rafa" says it was a bit over 40° and damp and foggy when he began pruning grapevines this morning in Madera CA. "I earn minimum wage. This cold damp weather makes our bones ache, but I'm grateful for the work, since there is very little work at this time of year." #WeFeedYou
December 12, 2025 at 3:01 PM
"Rafa" says it was a bit over 40° and damp and foggy when he began pruning grapevines this morning in Madera CA. "I earn minimum wage. This cold damp weather makes our bones ache, but I'm grateful for the work, since there is very little work at this time of year." #WeFeedYou
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Nine years ago, I wrote a short piece on Indigenous names for the domesticated turkey in Mexico and Central America, which is where the bird is from.
Mexican X-Plainer: Mesoamerican Turkeys
Around Thanksgiving, we should always reflect on indigenous culture, food, and language, respecting and honoring Native Americans and…
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November 27, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Nine years ago, I wrote a short piece on Indigenous names for the domesticated turkey in Mexico and Central America, which is where the bird is from.
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On this fraught yet important day, our family—in Cemithualtin Ximmilcah, we of the Green Mountain Fields—offer up this chant of thanks, not to pilgrims or their culture or their god, but to the three aspects of life that sustain us:
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November 27, 2025 at 3:26 PM
On this fraught yet important day, our family—in Cemithualtin Ximmilcah, we of the Green Mountain Fields—offer up this chant of thanks, not to pilgrims or their culture or their god, but to the three aspects of life that sustain us:
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1/
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I wrote an essay for @bostonreview.bsky.social about what I learned about close reading when I taught at West Virginia University
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The Claims of Close Reading - Boston Review
Literary studies have been starved by austerity, but their core methodology remains radical.
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November 26, 2025 at 3:14 PM
I wrote an essay for @bostonreview.bsky.social about what I learned about close reading when I taught at West Virginia University
www.bostonreview.net/articles/the...
www.bostonreview.net/articles/the...
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Writers (and illustrators!): Take regular breaks away from the keyboard. HERE'S WHY. #WriterSky
November 27, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Writers (and illustrators!): Take regular breaks away from the keyboard. HERE'S WHY. #WriterSky
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Melissa Ann Pinney's photographs capture everyday moments of adolescence inside Chicago Public Schools over the course of a seven-year artist residency. n.pr/3JGsjU3
A photographer captures life inside Chicago Public Schools
Melissa Ann Pinney's photographs capture everyday moments of adolescence inside Chicago Public Schools over the course of a seven-year artist residency.
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November 2, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Melissa Ann Pinney's photographs capture everyday moments of adolescence inside Chicago Public Schools over the course of a seven-year artist residency. n.pr/3JGsjU3
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Historians at Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello have announced the identification of 6 additional individuals who were enslaved at the plantation. www.29news.com/2025/10/21/m...
It marks the first time new names have been added to the estate’s memorial dedicated to honoring the enslaved community.
It marks the first time new names have been added to the estate’s memorial dedicated to honoring the enslaved community.
Monticello identifies six more people enslaved by Thomas Jefferson
The six people include four adults—Moses, Nanny, Mary Ann Hern, and Robert—and two children whose names remain unknown.
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October 26, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Historians at Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello have announced the identification of 6 additional individuals who were enslaved at the plantation. www.29news.com/2025/10/21/m...
It marks the first time new names have been added to the estate’s memorial dedicated to honoring the enslaved community.
It marks the first time new names have been added to the estate’s memorial dedicated to honoring the enslaved community.
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My prose poem “THE ADVERTISEMENTS” from “BAD MEXICAN, BAD AMERICAN” @acrebooks.bsky.social
October 26, 2025 at 2:19 PM
My prose poem “THE ADVERTISEMENTS” from “BAD MEXICAN, BAD AMERICAN” @acrebooks.bsky.social
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Short Poem of the day. 📝
Mrs. Darwin
7 April 1852.
Went to the Zoo.
I said to Him-
Something about the Chimpanzee over there
reminds me of you.
Carol Ann Duffy
Mrs. Darwin
7 April 1852.
Went to the Zoo.
I said to Him-
Something about the Chimpanzee over there
reminds me of you.
Carol Ann Duffy
October 26, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Short Poem of the day. 📝
Mrs. Darwin
7 April 1852.
Went to the Zoo.
I said to Him-
Something about the Chimpanzee over there
reminds me of you.
Carol Ann Duffy
Mrs. Darwin
7 April 1852.
Went to the Zoo.
I said to Him-
Something about the Chimpanzee over there
reminds me of you.
Carol Ann Duffy