Some days poetry class practically teaches itself.

In keeping with the spooky themes for costume inspiration, another classic! 💀 📷: Clay Maxwell Jordan, from “Spectrum of Suffering” (2019); Patrick Wensink from “A Story Behind Every Street” (2017). #EyesOntheSouth #EOTS #OxfordAmerican

Halloween prizes are strong this year for my Poetry Writing class.

Proudly continuing my tradition of designing campus lit mag posters that only 45yr olds can relate to!

Join us tonight for Frank X Walker 's reading.

Every time I fill out the form to bring an author to campus, I feel like I'm not going the full distance for my students.

Thrilled to see @ChrisLTerry ‘s BLACK PUNK NOW on Pitchfork list. Go buy it! pitchfork.com/features/lists…

Turns out the most embarrassing part of losing a bet with your poetry students and being forced to do a karaoke "Ice Ice Baby" is not the rapping for 3min, but how winded you get after rapping for 3 min.

Wasn’t sure I’d like teaching in one of the veterinary science buildings this year. But now I’m onboard.

La Follette, TN

Tennessee Fireworks

Nobody said parenting would be easy. In the last week I've had both the birds-and-bees and the "What is ska?" talk with my son.

Oxford American walking down memory lane today, back to my 2017 photo spread!?!?!?! I ♥️ Oxford American

Thanks to Salon for publishing my piece on toxic algae on Lake Erie and across the world. salon.com/2025/08/16/tox…