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.
My friend Greg Leunig's new book, Neon Citadel, is out from Spaceboy Books! A genre bending blend of sci fi, fantasy & noir, I read it one delighted sitting!
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Neon Citadel
Title: Neon CitadelAuthor: Greg Leunig AVAILABLE NOW!BookshopBarnes & NobleAmazonWalmartScifierHardcover Edition Nagash “Gash” Jensen can’t remember the last time he caught a …
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January 19, 2026 at 2:17 PM
My friend Greg Leunig's new book, Neon Citadel, is out from Spaceboy Books! A genre bending blend of sci fi, fantasy & noir, I read it one delighted sitting!
@books-that-go-boom.bsky.social @spaceboybooks.bsky.social
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@books-that-go-boom.bsky.social @spaceboybooks.bsky.social
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I feel like I'm screaming into a void about AI and pedagogy. "Writing" a story with AI is no more a sign of knowing how to craft fiction or write than microwaving a Hot Pocket means I know how to cook.
January 15, 2026 at 6:47 PM
I feel like I'm screaming into a void about AI and pedagogy. "Writing" a story with AI is no more a sign of knowing how to craft fiction or write than microwaving a Hot Pocket means I know how to cook.
Hugs from Fidil. I think we all need it.
January 13, 2026 at 5:05 PM
Hugs from Fidil. I think we all need it.
Hello fellow university profs! Does your department need a visiting writer to give a reading? Or a contest judge? I edited an anthology of shapeshifter fairy tales for Lanternfish press (out in Feb) & of my textbook & chapbook are already out! I promise I'm an excellent visitor!
January 12, 2026 at 4:55 PM
Hello fellow university profs! Does your department need a visiting writer to give a reading? Or a contest judge? I edited an anthology of shapeshifter fairy tales for Lanternfish press (out in Feb) & of my textbook & chapbook are already out! I promise I'm an excellent visitor!
"One does not establish a dictatorship in order to safeguard a revolution; one makes the revolution in order to establish the dictatorship. The object of persecution is persecution. The object of torture is torture. The object of power is power. Now you begin to understand me.”
― George Orwell, 1984
― George Orwell, 1984
January 8, 2026 at 6:37 PM
"One does not establish a dictatorship in order to safeguard a revolution; one makes the revolution in order to establish the dictatorship. The object of persecution is persecution. The object of torture is torture. The object of power is power. Now you begin to understand me.”
― George Orwell, 1984
― George Orwell, 1984
I had a great visit home this holiday season. My home state of WA will always have its hooks in my soul. Such beauty.
January 7, 2026 at 5:58 PM
I had a great visit home this holiday season. My home state of WA will always have its hooks in my soul. Such beauty.
I NEED this costume.
December 13, 2025 at 1:44 PM
I NEED this costume.
Cats know how to nap!
Soft on soft on soft.
Soft on soft on soft.
December 12, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Cats know how to nap!
Soft on soft on soft.
Soft on soft on soft.
Fidil claimed the laundry basket as his own.
December 5, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Fidil claimed the laundry basket as his own.
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.
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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...
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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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!
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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
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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.