Jennifer Pullen
@jpullen19.bsky.social
Writer, scholar, teacher, feminist, environmentalist, nerd. PhD (Ohio University). Associate Professor of Creative Writing at ONU. Author of: Writing Fantasy Fiction from Bloomsbury & A Bead of Amber on Her Tongue from Omnidawn. Talks to cats & trees.
Dr. Pullen & her TA Fidil recommend Lucky Girl by Allie Tagle-Dokus from @tinhouse.bsky.social. A Bildungsroman for 21st century girlhood, this book is bold, vital, moving, & unique.
November 16, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Dr. Pullen & her TA Fidil recommend Lucky Girl by Allie Tagle-Dokus from @tinhouse.bsky.social. A Bildungsroman for 21st century girlhood, this book is bold, vital, moving, & unique.
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Dr. Pullen & her TA Fidil recommend The Bright Sword by Lev Grossman. This Arthurian fantasy is so immersive Fidil tried to climb inside. At once aware of the history of Arthuriana, & magnificently new & strange, this book is a must read! #purrfectreads #fantasy
November 8, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Dr. Pullen & her TA Fidil recommend The Bright Sword by Lev Grossman. This Arthurian fantasy is so immersive Fidil tried to climb inside. At once aware of the history of Arthuriana, & magnificently new & strange, this book is a must read! #purrfectreads #fantasy
Dr. Pullen & her TA Fidil recommend The Bright Sword by Lev Grossman. This Arthurian fantasy is so immersive Fidil tried to climb inside. At once aware of the history of Arthuriana, & magnificently new & strange, this book is a must read! #purrfectreads #fantasy
November 8, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Dr. Pullen & her TA Fidil recommend The Bright Sword by Lev Grossman. This Arthurian fantasy is so immersive Fidil tried to climb inside. At once aware of the history of Arthuriana, & magnificently new & strange, this book is a must read! #purrfectreads #fantasy
Check out my wee furry house beastie with Beastly, the new anthology of shapeshifting fairytales I edited for @lfpbooks.bsky.social, out in Feb!
November 7, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Check out my wee furry house beastie with Beastly, the new anthology of shapeshifting fairytales I edited for @lfpbooks.bsky.social, out in Feb!
McSweeney's wins again with niche comedy. I laughed so hard I cried.
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/i-g...
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/i-g...
I Got Tenure and Now I Can’t Seem to Form Simple Declarative Sentences
When I received the email, I was holding a piece of toast. Dry, no butter. I remember this vividly because it was the last thing in my life with a ...
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October 29, 2025 at 1:27 PM
McSweeney's wins again with niche comedy. I laughed so hard I cried.
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/i-g...
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/i-g...
Dr. Pullen & her TA Fidil recommend Patchwork: A Sewist's Diary by Maddie Ballard. This memoir through a catalog of sewing projects by the author is warm & intimate, it feels like a lingering much needed conversation with a friend in hard times. #purrfectreads @tinhouse.bsky.social
October 27, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Dr. Pullen & her TA Fidil recommend Patchwork: A Sewist's Diary by Maddie Ballard. This memoir through a catalog of sewing projects by the author is warm & intimate, it feels like a lingering much needed conversation with a friend in hard times. #purrfectreads @tinhouse.bsky.social
Dr. Pullen & her TA Fidil recommend The Fox Wife by Yangsze Choo. This historical fantasy is an engrossing mystery wrapped in a feminist take on fox folklore. Riveting from the first to last page, worthy of every bit of attention it has received.
October 19, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Dr. Pullen & her TA Fidil recommend The Fox Wife by Yangsze Choo. This historical fantasy is an engrossing mystery wrapped in a feminist take on fox folklore. Riveting from the first to last page, worthy of every bit of attention it has received.
Hello folks! The Omnidawn Fabulist Fiction Chapbook Contest is back! Publishing my chapbook, A Bead of Amber on Her Tongue with them through this contest was career changing, and they are great to work with! Open through Oct 26th. www.omnidawn.com/fiction-cont...
Fabulist Fiction Chapbook Contest – Omnidawn
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October 18, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Hello folks! The Omnidawn Fabulist Fiction Chapbook Contest is back! Publishing my chapbook, A Bead of Amber on Her Tongue with them through this contest was career changing, and they are great to work with! Open through Oct 26th. www.omnidawn.com/fiction-cont...
On September 26th, my husband and I got the call from the adoption agency, a birth mom had picked us. So with 3 hours notice, we became parents of a newborn. Everyone, meet Ezran!
October 5, 2025 at 2:01 PM
On September 26th, my husband and I got the call from the adoption agency, a birth mom had picked us. So with 3 hours notice, we became parents of a newborn. Everyone, meet Ezran!
Polaris, an national award winning undergraduate journal, is open to all undergrads for submissions from Sept. 1st to Feb 1st. All submissions are entered into our free contest. If you are an undergrad, please submit, if you are a teacher, refer your students.
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polarisliterarymagazine.com
Polaris
National Undergraduate Magazine
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September 23, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Polaris, an national award winning undergraduate journal, is open to all undergrads for submissions from Sept. 1st to Feb 1st. All submissions are entered into our free contest. If you are an undergrad, please submit, if you are a teacher, refer your students.
polarisliterarymagazine.com
polarisliterarymagazine.com
I wrote a guest blog post for @beckyltuch.bsky.social on her Lit Mag News, focused the history of the separation between "literary" and "genre" magazines. Check it out!
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A Legacy of Class: The Parallel Worlds of Literary and Genre Magazine Publishing
"...distinct literary ecosystems..."
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September 18, 2025 at 12:13 PM
I wrote a guest blog post for @beckyltuch.bsky.social on her Lit Mag News, focused the history of the separation between "literary" and "genre" magazines. Check it out!
litmagnews.substack.com/p/a-legacy-o...
litmagnews.substack.com/p/a-legacy-o...
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Privileged AF to get my grubby mitts on an ARC of this near-future fever dream. Avail yourselves of a copy - and a pair of knee-high railroad spike boots - the split second it drops!
@kkoja.bsky.social @meerkatpress.bsky.social
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September 18, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Privileged AF to get my grubby mitts on an ARC of this near-future fever dream. Avail yourselves of a copy - and a pair of knee-high railroad spike boots - the split second it drops!
@kkoja.bsky.social @meerkatpress.bsky.social
meerkatpress.com/books/dark-m...
@kkoja.bsky.social @meerkatpress.bsky.social
meerkatpress.com/books/dark-m...
Dr. Pullen and her TA Fidil recommend Great Disasters by Grady Chambers from @tinhouse.bsky.social. This novel of coming of age in early 2000s Chicago is at once tender towards its characters, and utterly afraid to show them at their best and worst, all in lucid and lovely prose. #purrfectreads
September 14, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Dr. Pullen and her TA Fidil recommend Great Disasters by Grady Chambers from @tinhouse.bsky.social. This novel of coming of age in early 2000s Chicago is at once tender towards its characters, and utterly afraid to show them at their best and worst, all in lucid and lovely prose. #purrfectreads
Hedgebrook is hiring:
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Employment Opportunities — Hedgebrook.org
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September 10, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Hedgebrook is hiring:
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The first ONU English Reading Series event on 9/16 will feature the wonderful @alisonstine.bsky.social
The event is free and open to the public. It begins at 7 pm, preceded by a catered reception, in the Wilson Hall Elzay Gallery of Art. @ohionorthern.bsky.social
The event is free and open to the public. It begins at 7 pm, preceded by a catered reception, in the Wilson Hall Elzay Gallery of Art. @ohionorthern.bsky.social
September 9, 2025 at 7:22 PM
The first ONU English Reading Series event on 9/16 will feature the wonderful @alisonstine.bsky.social
The event is free and open to the public. It begins at 7 pm, preceded by a catered reception, in the Wilson Hall Elzay Gallery of Art. @ohionorthern.bsky.social
The event is free and open to the public. It begins at 7 pm, preceded by a catered reception, in the Wilson Hall Elzay Gallery of Art. @ohionorthern.bsky.social
I had a visitor this week. It was almost as large as the palm of my hand!
September 7, 2025 at 12:50 PM
I had a visitor this week. It was almost as large as the palm of my hand!
My entire college class from last semester could tell that reviewer (you all know the one) that they've misunderstood Frankenstein. Sigh.
September 2, 2025 at 6:32 PM
My entire college class from last semester could tell that reviewer (you all know the one) that they've misunderstood Frankenstein. Sigh.
How I feel almost every time I open a program on my computer these days.
September 2, 2025 at 1:26 PM
How I feel almost every time I open a program on my computer these days.
The comment period for the attempt to rescind the Endangerment finding (the basis for all US regulation of greenhouse gas emissions) goes until the 22nd of Sept. Please comment and tell them not to rescind this finding, if they do, we are in HUGE trouble.
www.regulations.gov/docket/EPA-H...
www.regulations.gov/docket/EPA-H...
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September 1, 2025 at 4:00 PM
The comment period for the attempt to rescind the Endangerment finding (the basis for all US regulation of greenhouse gas emissions) goes until the 22nd of Sept. Please comment and tell them not to rescind this finding, if they do, we are in HUGE trouble.
www.regulations.gov/docket/EPA-H...
www.regulations.gov/docket/EPA-H...
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The Roadless Rule does a huge amount to protect wild areas against wildfires, the vast majority of which begin near roads. It's super easy to leave a comment urging them to keep the Roadless Rule and protect against fires. Comments like this make a big impact! www.regulations.gov/commenton/FS...
September 1, 2025 at 1:45 PM
The Roadless Rule does a huge amount to protect wild areas against wildfires, the vast majority of which begin near roads. It's super easy to leave a comment urging them to keep the Roadless Rule and protect against fires. Comments like this make a big impact! www.regulations.gov/commenton/FS...
A monarch sighting on campus this week!
August 31, 2025 at 1:53 PM
A monarch sighting on campus this week!
Every time someone tells the orange menace "make me" and refuses to be intimidated, matters.
Abbe Lowell and I represent CDC Director #SusanMonarez. Contrary to govt statements, Dr. Monarez has neither resigned nor yet been fired. She will not resign. We have issued the following statement:
August 28, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Every time someone tells the orange menace "make me" and refuses to be intimidated, matters.
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This is absolutely catastrophic for U.S. higher education, and for U.S. global leadership. Just the latest in a series of senseless acts of self-sabotage by a malevolent administration bent on making the United States weak and poor.
I know there's a lot happening today, but this is sneaking in under the radar. This proposed new rule would absolutely crush foreign PhD students, potentially making it impossible for them to enroll with any certainty of their ability to finish www.politico.com/news/2025/08...
August 28, 2025 at 11:54 AM
This is absolutely catastrophic for U.S. higher education, and for U.S. global leadership. Just the latest in a series of senseless acts of self-sabotage by a malevolent administration bent on making the United States weak and poor.
Dr. Pullen and her TA Fidil recommend The Secret Market of the Dead by Giovanni De Feo. This Italian fantasy is dark, lush and unforgettable. The coming of age story at its core gives it heart, its imagery gives it soul. I fell into this book & didn't want to come out. #purrfectreads
August 27, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Dr. Pullen and her TA Fidil recommend The Secret Market of the Dead by Giovanni De Feo. This Italian fantasy is dark, lush and unforgettable. The coming of age story at its core gives it heart, its imagery gives it soul. I fell into this book & didn't want to come out. #purrfectreads
The first day of the 25/26 school year is in the books! It was also the first day of my 15th year of teaching!
August 25, 2025 at 9:15 PM
The first day of the 25/26 school year is in the books! It was also the first day of my 15th year of teaching!