Andy Oler
@andyoler.bsky.social
Parent, English prof, Hoosier. He/him. Departments Editor, New Territory, #LiteraryLandscapes. Old-Fashioned Modernism (LSU 2019), Michigan Salvage: The Fiction of Bonnie Jo Campbell (MSU 2023) & Lingering Inland: A Literary Tour of the Midwest (UIP 2025).
I’ve been given the highest honor
October 30, 2025 at 12:24 PM
I’ve been given the highest honor
Here we are—what a fun panel! @rosstangedal.bsky.social @dawnburns.bsky.social @leahamilne.bsky.social @indianahumanities.bsky.social
October 11, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Here we are—what a fun panel! @rosstangedal.bsky.social @dawnburns.bsky.social @leahamilne.bsky.social @indianahumanities.bsky.social
Come visit me and The New Territory at Proof: A Midwest Lit Fest!
October 11, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Come visit me and The New Territory at Proof: A Midwest Lit Fest!
Check out these @wittybanterism.bsky.social prints that my brother commissioned of my parents’ old house and barn
September 27, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Check out these @wittybanterism.bsky.social prints that my brother commissioned of my parents’ old house and barn
Sitting in a coffee shop, preparing to teach The Green Corn Rebellion for the first time, and I had forgotten that it kicks off with such a banger
September 4, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Sitting in a coffee shop, preparing to teach The Green Corn Rebellion for the first time, and I had forgotten that it kicks off with such a banger
Advanced Reader Copy! Look at this beauty
August 19, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Advanced Reader Copy! Look at this beauty
Saw my favorite truck in the wild this morning
August 6, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Saw my favorite truck in the wild this morning
I’m reading Middlemarch for the first time, and though a youth baseball clinic is pretty great for a morning of reading, and there are both lovely and funny passages, I can’t help but think I could have used some guidance to really appreciate this book
June 28, 2025 at 1:41 PM
I’m reading Middlemarch for the first time, and though a youth baseball clinic is pretty great for a morning of reading, and there are both lovely and funny passages, I can’t help but think I could have used some guidance to really appreciate this book
Banner day: introducing the children to Wayne’s World
June 27, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Banner day: introducing the children to Wayne’s World
It’s a good afternoon, finally getting to settle in with Ashley Howard’s Midwest Unrest
June 19, 2025 at 8:33 PM
It’s a good afternoon, finally getting to settle in with Ashley Howard’s Midwest Unrest
I *wish* I were at a Des Moines brewery instead of in a hotel room drinking chamomile tea and babying my voice, but here's a little preview of tomorrow's #MHA2025 presentation.
May 16, 2025 at 12:01 AM
I *wish* I were at a Des Moines brewery instead of in a hotel room drinking chamomile tea and babying my voice, but here's a little preview of tomorrow's #MHA2025 presentation.
It’s my birthday, and I’ve got a book and a latte and a carrot cake muffin, and on the way to the coffee shop I saw a bunny
March 14, 2025 at 2:54 PM
It’s my birthday, and I’ve got a book and a latte and a carrot cake muffin, and on the way to the coffee shop I saw a bunny
Update: we made it inside
December 24, 2024 at 4:24 PM
Update: we made it inside
The line at our local fish market, with complimentary Bloody Mary
December 24, 2024 at 4:15 PM
The line at our local fish market, with complimentary Bloody Mary
Well, I made a hash of the fluting, but Elin’s birthday mulberry pie (berries from our tree) is ready to go for tomorrow!
December 24, 2024 at 1:42 AM
Well, I made a hash of the fluting, but Elin’s birthday mulberry pie (berries from our tree) is ready to go for tomorrow!
We’ve had a department tic-tac-toe game for a while—play when you walk by, set the next piece out—and then today somebody added jenga
December 10, 2024 at 1:04 PM
We’ve had a department tic-tac-toe game for a while—play when you walk by, set the next piece out—and then today somebody added jenga
My election anxiety must have been obvious today, bc a good colleague gifted me these spice packets
November 4, 2024 at 11:48 PM
My election anxiety must have been obvious today, bc a good colleague gifted me these spice packets
Rarely am I inspired to put out candy, but then I came across this perfect container…
October 28, 2024 at 12:14 PM
Rarely am I inspired to put out candy, but then I came across this perfect container…
I’ve cleaned up as much mud from the street as I can get. Our neighbors (who own a company that makes shutters) gave us a truckload of wood shavings that we used to level the yard. Then I threw the street mud on top of it. Let's hope it all turns to soil...
October 15, 2024 at 12:48 AM
I’ve cleaned up as much mud from the street as I can get. Our neighbors (who own a company that makes shutters) gave us a truckload of wood shavings that we used to level the yard. Then I threw the street mud on top of it. Let's hope it all turns to soil...
Water situation, Sunday 10/13, 9am: yay! I can back the car into the driveway and put away the boards. The rest of the day will be spent scraping mud
October 13, 2024 at 1:26 PM
Water situation, Sunday 10/13, 9am: yay! I can back the car into the driveway and put away the boards. The rest of the day will be spent scraping mud
The water is still too deep for us to drive out, but the tree guys did a great job, and we have minimal damage to the roof. The main guy speculated that the palm tree that snapped off and fell on the power line may have kept the much larger elm from crashing harder into the house. We got very lucky.
October 12, 2024 at 8:03 PM
The water is still too deep for us to drive out, but the tree guys did a great job, and we have minimal damage to the roof. The main guy speculated that the palm tree that snapped off and fell on the power line may have kept the much larger elm from crashing harder into the house. We got very lucky.
We heard that you can reuse sandbags, so yesterday we started filling some low spots in the yard and drying the bags
October 12, 2024 at 1:12 PM
We heard that you can reuse sandbags, so yesterday we started filling some low spots in the yard and drying the bags
Water situation, Saturday 10/12, 9am. With any luck it will go down a bit with the tide in the next few hours
October 12, 2024 at 1:11 PM
Water situation, Saturday 10/12, 9am. With any luck it will go down a bit with the tide in the next few hours
Current water situation. Since the fence has become electrified, and we don’t know how, we are hesitant to step into the water—so it needs to recede another couple feet before we can leave the property.
October 11, 2024 at 2:06 PM
Current water situation. Since the fence has become electrified, and we don’t know how, we are hesitant to step into the water—so it needs to recede another couple feet before we can leave the property.
Look at this lovely new waterfront property
October 11, 2024 at 1:07 AM
Look at this lovely new waterfront property