the internet needs to stop advertising the Mary Oliver documentary to me!! yes I am on the record about Mary Oliver, but I am on the record as a known hater and there are plenty of goodreads reviews yelling at me about this!!

a sneak preview of some galleys for a new essay that will be out in the Iowa Review in the fall! It is famously uncomplicated to write an essay about your partner’s MOTHER!

late summer self-portrait in the form of a handheld fan and fountain diet cherry coke

it’s all happening for my partner’s son and I am along for the beautiful ride!!

THE LINE of BEST FIT@thelineofbestfit.com · 5d ago

Ahead of his eagerly anticipated EP Hark, LA born and raised artist Clyde Crooks chats to BEST FIT about musical intellectualism, and learning to let go of his ego on new single “Coldest Day of the Year”.

They need to make "Goblin Market" a miniseries

something that makes me feel good about humanity is outdoor summer Shakespeare

something I believe strongly is that every English major has earned exactly one “Reader, I…” in everything they write

please clap because I have written a book proposal and sample chapter about my best friend: television

don’t tell anyone but I maybe have a complete book proposal and first chapter

I have taken the day off from work to write which is wonderful and also sometimes I wish I were another type of person

it's too bad that I have retired from issuing hot takes about academia because this has been SOME MONTH

My research group’s final article is out now in the open-access journal Perspectives in Undergraduate Research and Mentoring! It’s titled “Undergraduate Research in the Humanities, Arts & Social Sciences: Alumni Personal Development & Professional Outcomes” www.elon.edu/u/academics/...

Current Issue: PURM 14.1

PURM 14.1 (2026) Developing Career Readiness through Undergraduate Research Participation Letter from the Guest Editor for Issue 14.1  Paul Miller, Ph.D. Professor of Exercise Science, Elon...

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Please allow me to brag that my most handsome and talented family member Clyde Crooks has been named a best new artist by Pigeons & Planes!! www.pigeonsandplanes.com/read/best-ne...

Best New Artists (Summer, 2026)

Thirteen of the most exciting new artists including Amil Raja, Judah Weston & IsoKeys, earthsignchels, girlsweetvoiced, and more.

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Janelle from Sister Wives has a new boyfriend and I have never been happier for a complete stranger

I may be slightly biased, but this is a great article about UCLA’s summer research programs! Check out the video for my brilliant summer students doing their thing www.ugeducation.ucla.edu/2026/08/13/h...

How summer research programs at UCLA are fueling student discovery - UCLA Undergraduate Education

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PSA: @nyupress.bsky.social is having a sale! All books are 50% off with the code NYUP50! This means that you can buy my book for approx the price of an iced coffee in LA nyupress.org/978147981355...

Avidly Reads Poetry

“Poetry has leapt out of its world and into the world”Poetry is everywhere. From Amanda Gorman performing “The Hill We Climb” before the nation at Jo...

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This summer I asked my Gen Z college students about their TV practices & one said: after dinner every night my parents sit on the couch & watch TV together, it’s SO WEIRD. If you have anecdata about generational diffs in TV rituals, please share! This is extremely unscientific research, thank you

I’m not reading that Atlantic essay but I promise you that my quit lit writing re a Maine SLAC was better and funnier

Emotional post: when Millie died three days before the start of my summer programs, I really did not know how or if I would make it through them. But the students in MMUF WRTP this year were so brilliant, strong, curious, generous, and community-minded that teaching them was a dream and our time…

me (turning and turning in the widening gyre): this sucks so bad the falcon: huh

I’ve made my Instagram (@ jaxwendy) public: will I live to regret it??

I have been scheming and kicking around ideas for a new writing project for months and I couldn’t help but wonder: what if I just write what I know?

lettuce go then, you and I

hot take: as a poetry person who sees the world in terms of form and content, I actually like the way everyone uses “content” so broadly now

Yesterday we had to say goodbye to our sweet girl Millie. We spent our last day together wrapped in an epic cuddle and I got to tell her for the millionth time that she will always be the softest and sweetest most beautiful girl in the world.

we have assumed temporary care of BOB

happy anniversary to my sweet Millie. It’s been 10 years of wedded bliss!!

hello

my friend once came across a photo of a woman holding my book in one of her tinder pics and that is my life’s greatest accomplishment

I have finally written a full draft of a thing about Dawson’s Creek that has been 28 years in the making and I am feeling very pleased with myself