Rich Novack
@richnovack.bsky.social
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Rich Novack
@richnovack.bsky.social
· Jan 11
Check-out my recent publication,
"Ecocriticism as a Frame for Teaching Climate Change,"
about climate justice in ELA classrooms with literary theory in this book of essays. There are ways forward, folk. Let's get going.
climatecrisisela.pbworks.com
#NCTE #ClimateCrisis #WritingProject #WriteOut
"Ecocriticism as a Frame for Teaching Climate Change,"
about climate justice in ELA classrooms with literary theory in this book of essays. There are ways forward, folk. Let's get going.
climatecrisisela.pbworks.com
#NCTE #ClimateCrisis #WritingProject #WriteOut
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As some of you may know, I’m writing a book on the history of high school English in the United States, and I’m excited to share a new article from that project—“High School English and the Making of American Readers”—out today in American Literary History! 🧵
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High School English and the Making of American Readers
Abstract. The high school English classroom is the most influential literary institution in the United States, and the most overlooked by literary scholars
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February 13, 2026 at 7:21 PM
As some of you may know, I’m writing a book on the history of high school English in the United States, and I’m excited to share a new article from that project—“High School English and the Making of American Readers”—out today in American Literary History! 🧵
academic.oup.com/alh/article/...
academic.oup.com/alh/article/...
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January 31, 2026 at 7:15 PM
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The 2026 African American Read-In starts in less than two weeks! Are you ready?
NCTE's #AARI26 Toolkit has resources to help you plan your February events, including booklists, promotional materials, a new printable poster, and more: https://ncte.org/get-involved/african-american-read-in-toolkit/
NCTE's #AARI26 Toolkit has resources to help you plan your February events, including booklists, promotional materials, a new printable poster, and more: https://ncte.org/get-involved/african-american-read-in-toolkit/
January 22, 2026 at 10:13 PM
The 2026 African American Read-In starts in less than two weeks! Are you ready?
NCTE's #AARI26 Toolkit has resources to help you plan your February events, including booklists, promotional materials, a new printable poster, and more: https://ncte.org/get-involved/african-american-read-in-toolkit/
NCTE's #AARI26 Toolkit has resources to help you plan your February events, including booklists, promotional materials, a new printable poster, and more: https://ncte.org/get-involved/african-american-read-in-toolkit/
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Nice to see so many
people enjoying the snow today
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Nice to see so many
people enjoying the snow today
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January 18, 2026 at 8:50 PM
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Nice to see so many
people enjoying the snow today
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people enjoying the snow today
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I am so excited for @nicole-mirra.bsky.social ‘s new book. I think I’m going to try to get a signature at the next @ncte.org convention
Who need TMZ with celebrity news like this
Who need TMZ with celebrity news like this
“This book really gives us a sense of the history that’s led to this moment and the huge victories that we’ve had in literacy studies.” —@nicole-mirra.bsky.social, coeditor, Critical English Education: Enduring Voices, New Perspectives
https://my.ncte.org/s/product-details?id=a1BPo000009fkRVMAY
https://my.ncte.org/s/product-details?id=a1BPo000009fkRVMAY
January 17, 2026 at 12:56 PM
I am so excited for @nicole-mirra.bsky.social ‘s new book. I think I’m going to try to get a signature at the next @ncte.org convention
Who need TMZ with celebrity news like this
Who need TMZ with celebrity news like this
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We're thrilled to welcome Reading Rainbow host and author @mychal3ts.bsky.social for our National #AARI26 virtual event, open to all!
Register your classroom to join the conversation with Mychal, including a reading from his new book—and a giveaway for NCTE members: https://ncte.org/aari-threets/
Register your classroom to join the conversation with Mychal, including a reading from his new book—and a giveaway for NCTE members: https://ncte.org/aari-threets/
January 16, 2026 at 9:12 PM
We're thrilled to welcome Reading Rainbow host and author @mychal3ts.bsky.social for our National #AARI26 virtual event, open to all!
Register your classroom to join the conversation with Mychal, including a reading from his new book—and a giveaway for NCTE members: https://ncte.org/aari-threets/
Register your classroom to join the conversation with Mychal, including a reading from his new book—and a giveaway for NCTE members: https://ncte.org/aari-threets/
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A large masked man who is surrounded by armed backup shooting a lone and panicked woman in the face in broad daylight is such an insane visual metaphor for this administration’s overall disproportionate use of force
January 7, 2026 at 10:12 PM
A large masked man who is surrounded by armed backup shooting a lone and panicked woman in the face in broad daylight is such an insane visual metaphor for this administration’s overall disproportionate use of force
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A friend in Minneapolis just sent me this video. Looks like thousands have come together for a vigil after an ICE agent shot and killed 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good. This was my neighborhood for several years before coming to Portland.
January 8, 2026 at 1:05 AM
A friend in Minneapolis just sent me this video. Looks like thousands have come together for a vigil after an ICE agent shot and killed 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good. This was my neighborhood for several years before coming to Portland.
I am blocking you, CBS @cbsnews.com.web.brid.gy @60minutes.bsky.social @cbssundaymorning.bsky.social , until Bari Weiss is fired, and responsible, ethical journalism for the people returns.
January 3, 2026 at 3:24 AM
I am blocking you, CBS @cbsnews.com.web.brid.gy @60minutes.bsky.social @cbssundaymorning.bsky.social , until Bari Weiss is fired, and responsible, ethical journalism for the people returns.
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At today's #NCTE25 Closing Session, we bid a fond farewell to Tonya B. Perry as #NCTE President, welcomed Antero Garcia to the helm, and heard from Robin Wall Kimmerer about teachers' role in helping students to recognize, reciprocate, and tell stories about earthly gifts.
November 23, 2025 at 10:15 PM
#NCTE25 in Denver showed a growing body of work around climate justice in English classrooms, K-20.
There were also many bitter sweet 😢moments remembering the work and spirit of Dr. Sheridan Blau. His one-of-kind personality touched many, and his work lingers large
There were also many bitter sweet 😢moments remembering the work and spirit of Dr. Sheridan Blau. His one-of-kind personality touched many, and his work lingers large
November 23, 2025 at 9:31 PM
#NCTE25 in Denver showed a growing body of work around climate justice in English classrooms, K-20.
There were also many bitter sweet 😢moments remembering the work and spirit of Dr. Sheridan Blau. His one-of-kind personality touched many, and his work lingers large
There were also many bitter sweet 😢moments remembering the work and spirit of Dr. Sheridan Blau. His one-of-kind personality touched many, and his work lingers large
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“I have a master's degree. I've taught for two decades. I am expected to take a bullet for a child. Surely I can make an appropriate decision about what a child should know and think about and read in my class more appropriately than just about anyone else" (985).
Also at #NCTE2025
Also at #NCTE2025
November 21, 2025 at 6:23 PM
“I have a master's degree. I've taught for two decades. I am expected to take a bullet for a child. Surely I can make an appropriate decision about what a child should know and think about and read in my class more appropriately than just about anyone else" (985).
Also at #NCTE2025
Also at #NCTE2025
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Dear #NCTE25 #NCTE2025 pals — just a reminder that it’s VERY easy to catch the train into the city! And it’s only $10! You can even download the RTD app and buy (AND activate!) your ticket on your phone!
rtddenver.justride.tickets
rtddenver.justride.tickets
Buy RTD Denver MyRide products
Bypass the line and go mobile
rtddenver.justride.tickets
November 19, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Dear #NCTE25 #NCTE2025 pals — just a reminder that it’s VERY easy to catch the train into the city! And it’s only $10! You can even download the RTD app and buy (AND activate!) your ticket on your phone!
rtddenver.justride.tickets
rtddenver.justride.tickets
November 20, 2025 at 4:30 AM
It seems like the trees in CT are almost done shedding their leaves this season, just as we wrap up #WriteOut. As the song goes,
“The leaves have fallen all around.
Time I was on my way.
Thanks to you. I’m much obliged.
Such a pleasant stay.”
Thanks @writingproject.bsky.social for a great year.
“The leaves have fallen all around.
Time I was on my way.
Thanks to you. I’m much obliged.
Such a pleasant stay.”
Thanks @writingproject.bsky.social for a great year.
October 26, 2025 at 9:13 PM
It seems like the trees in CT are almost done shedding their leaves this season, just as we wrap up #WriteOut. As the song goes,
“The leaves have fallen all around.
Time I was on my way.
Thanks to you. I’m much obliged.
Such a pleasant stay.”
Thanks @writingproject.bsky.social for a great year.
“The leaves have fallen all around.
Time I was on my way.
Thanks to you. I’m much obliged.
Such a pleasant stay.”
Thanks @writingproject.bsky.social for a great year.
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NEW: Crisis as distraction and erasure: How SOR fails diversity and urban students (Journal of Literacy and Urban Schools) radicalscholarship.com/2025/10/12/n...
NEW: Crisis as distraction and erasure: How SOR fails diversity and urban students (Journal of Literacy and Urban Schools)
Thomas, P.L. (2025, Spring). Crisis as distraction and erasure: How SOR fails diversity and urban students. Journal of Literacy and Urban Schools, (1), 6-23. Abstract: The current reading crisis, t…
radicalscholarship.com
October 22, 2025 at 11:12 AM
NEW: Crisis as distraction and erasure: How SOR fails diversity and urban students (Journal of Literacy and Urban Schools) radicalscholarship.com/2025/10/12/n...
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I want more people to care that SNAP benefits are being cut off on November 1. 40% of SNAP beneficiaries are children. This is callous and vile.
October 22, 2025 at 12:33 AM
I want more people to care that SNAP benefits are being cut off on November 1. 40% of SNAP beneficiaries are children. This is callous and vile.
Female Cardinals don’t get enough love #WriteOut
Day 10 - #WriteOut ... Didn't Have a Lot of Time to Appreciate the Outdoors But Did Catch a Bird or Two on My Roof (Perhaps they were searching for poetry, too)
Day 10 - #WriteOut ... Didn't Have a Lot of Time to Appreciate the Outdoors But Did Catch a Bird or Two on My Roof (Perhaps they were searching for poetry, too)
Monday was a delicious day, not only because I got to hear Shonda Rhimes speak, (no scandal here), but because I'm part of a larger literary...
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October 22, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Female Cardinals don’t get enough love #WriteOut
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We're honored to have journalist, author, teacher, and Write Out Ambassador Rob Walker join us for a special edition of The Write Time, tomorrow at 4p PT/7p ET! Rob will be interviewed by WMWP teacher-consultant, @dogtrax.bsky.social. #writeout youtu.be/JZo99GjH3Mk
The Write Time with Write Out Ambassador Rob Walker and Educator Kevin Hodgson
YouTube video by National Writing Project
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October 20, 2025 at 11:08 PM
We're honored to have journalist, author, teacher, and Write Out Ambassador Rob Walker join us for a special edition of The Write Time, tomorrow at 4p PT/7p ET! Rob will be interviewed by WMWP teacher-consultant, @dogtrax.bsky.social. #writeout youtu.be/JZo99GjH3Mk
Happy National Day on Writing!
Where’s what my students had to say on the matter of #WhyIWrite
Interesting
Where’s what my students had to say on the matter of #WhyIWrite
Interesting
October 20, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Happy National Day on Writing!
Where’s what my students had to say on the matter of #WhyIWrite
Interesting
Where’s what my students had to say on the matter of #WhyIWrite
Interesting
Sound Maps at night
inspired by John Muir Laws’ video
youtu.be/qVRrhK9Q8LA?...
From the #WriteOut Choice Board
writeout.nwp.org/2025-choice-...
inspired by John Muir Laws’ video
youtu.be/qVRrhK9Q8LA?...
From the #WriteOut Choice Board
writeout.nwp.org/2025-choice-...
October 20, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Sound Maps at night
inspired by John Muir Laws’ video
youtu.be/qVRrhK9Q8LA?...
From the #WriteOut Choice Board
writeout.nwp.org/2025-choice-...
inspired by John Muir Laws’ video
youtu.be/qVRrhK9Q8LA?...
From the #WriteOut Choice Board
writeout.nwp.org/2025-choice-...
We put Milford on the map for democracy, again
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Good crowd today. We’re still in this!
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Good crowd today. We’re still in this!
October 18, 2025 at 6:04 PM
We put Milford on the map for democracy, again
🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸#NoKings
Good crowd today. We’re still in this!
🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸#NoKings
Good crowd today. We’re still in this!
