Thanks so much!

4 essential conversations every interracial couple should have For a strong and lasting relationship, don't be afraid to talk about each other's racial differences — and do enjoy the process of creating a new, blended family culture.

An absolute dream come true, my new essay published @npr.org

www.npr.org/2025/09/27/n...

My son is autistic, largely nonverbal. He reads a lot, is smitten with all things Lego. He excels in school. He finds his ways to communicate.

There’s nothing wrong with autism. The rhetoric drives me mad.

It’s on us to make the world easier for neurodiverse folks, not to push them to conform.

For anyone listening, I am now a contributor to @npr.org.

Dream big 🎉

I can't believe I need to have an AI policy! I made it pretty short though: Using AI is cheating, yourself mostly. In addition to the environmental blight created by AI, it makes no sense to use it in your intellectual and creative work. Why would you outsource your innate intelligence?

In my high school classes, we’re back to pencil and paper—no phones and no computers.

“Now show me what you really know about that story, y’all.”

Thank you for this transparency, Megan.

Loved Lakewood, by the way.

needs a support group for authors who are on submission.

Point Loma Nazarene University

That sunset looks serene, Rakesh!

Just signed my contract with THE absolute dream publication, y’all.

Forthcoming in early September.

Stay tuned! 🎉

This is a multi-color collage that reads: "Often, the boys who struggled the most in school were placed in my classroom."

From poor reading performance to higher discipline rates, boys are struggling. Are fewer male teachers part of the problem?

Read more from @davonloeb.bsky.social: www.edutopia.org/article/with...

#EduSky

Can't wait to read your new book, Megan. I hope you're well!

"With Men Abandoning Teaching, What’s the Cost to Boys,” my essay @edutopia.org explores the impacts of men leaving teaching and the very real challenges boys are now facing in schools.

Writing about teaching is such important work, and I am so grateful for the opportunity to share my stories.

Hey, y'all. I'm editing essays @theoffingmag.bsky.social! Look out for some of our new work, coming soon!!

I like books.

I have never been more excited to teach a book to my high school students, Sing, Unburied, Sing, by award-winning author, @jesmimi.bsky.social.

A Memoir of Becoming and a Tribute to Joni Mitchell: A Conversation with Paul Lisicky - The Rumpus I write because I want to be in another place, out of my chair, looking up at trees.

It was a deep pleasure to think about Joni Mitchell, writing, and SONG SO WILD AND BLUE with @davonloeb.bsky.social for @therumpus.net therumpus.net/2025/02/28/a...

Honored to interview @paullisicky.bsky.social for @therumpus.net! Learn more about Paul’s new memoir, Song So Wild and Blue (@harperonebooks.bsky.social), below!

So many congratulations, Paul!!!

Happy Publication Day to @paullisicky.bsky.social and #SongSoWildAndBlue! It has been such an honor and a joy to work on this gorgeous book. Please go get your copy today and support one of the kindest and most generous writers and teachers of writing there is.

"Breakdancing Shaped Who I Am As a Black Man and Father"

The Best American Essays 2022 & Catapult Magazine

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When I Became a Personal Trainer, I Thought My Clients Would Idolize Me. What Actually Happened Was Sad. My quest for the perfect body started with X-Men.

"The Making of a Gym Rat" @slate.bsky.social

Slate

slate.com/technology/2...

Most N.J. teachers don’t look like their students. Here’s how to fix that. What if the place I loved also had people who grew up like me and understood me? What if we, our community, had teachers of color?

"Most N.J. Teachers Don’t Look like Their Students. Here’s How to Fix That" @inquirer.com

the Philadelphia Inquirer

www.inquirer.com/opinion/comm...

Op-Ed: How I learned to embrace my Black and Jewish heritage I rarely saw my Jewish father and knew little about his roots. But I've learned to build my own connections with my ancestry.

"How I Learned to Embrace My Black and Jewish Heritage" @latimes.com

the Los Angeles Times

www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...

Fighting The Tree There were too many trees out back, some so high they were dangerous. If one of those passing storms came, the kind that tore off roofs and stripped shingles, a sky-high pine could definitely rip out ...

"Fighting the Tree" @thesunmagazine.bsky.social

the Sun Magazine

www.thesunmagazine.org/articles/272...

My Experiences as a Black Man Are Integral to My Work as a Teacher - Electric Literature I see the ghost of myself sitting in a chair in the back of the classroom

"My Experiences as a Black Man Are Integral to My Work as a Teacher" @electriclit.bsky.social

Electric Literature

electricliterature.com/my-experienc...

My mom went to war after 9/11; she came back, but it changed everything She was one of the lucky ones; she wasn't hurt. But she came back different.

"My mom went to war after 9/11; she came back, but it changed everything" @todayshow.com

TODAY

www.today.com/parents/essa...