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Jennifer Pullen

@jpullen19.bsky.social

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Writer, scholar, teacher, feminist, environmentalist, nerd. PhD (Ohio University). Associate Professor of Creative Writing at ONU. Author of: Writing Fantasy Fiction from Bloomsbury & A Bead of Amber on Her Tongue from Omnidawn. Talks to cats & trees.

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Jennifer Pullen @jpullen19.bsky.social · 2d

McSweeney's wins again with niche comedy. I laughed so hard I cried.
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I Got Tenure and Now I Can’t Seem to Form Simple Declarative Sentences

When I received the email, I was holding a piece of toast. Dry, no butter. I remember this vividly because it was the last thing in my life with a ...

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Jennifer Pullen @jpullen19.bsky.social · 4d

Dr. Pullen & her TA Fidil recommend Patchwork: A Sewist's Diary by Maddie Ballard. This memoir through a catalog of sewing projects by the author is warm & intimate, it feels like a lingering much needed conversation with a friend in hard times. #purrfectreads @tinhouse.bsky.social

Tabby cat next to the book Patchwork by Maddie Ballard.

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Jennifer Pullen @jpullen19.bsky.social · 12d

Dr. Pullen & her TA Fidil recommend The Fox Wife by Yangsze Choo. This historical fantasy is an engrossing mystery wrapped in a feminist take on fox folklore. Riveting from the first to last page, worthy of every bit of attention it has received.

Jennifer Pullen @jpullen19.bsky.social · 13d

Hello folks! The Omnidawn Fabulist Fiction Chapbook Contest is back! Publishing my chapbook, A Bead of Amber on Her Tongue with them through this contest was career changing, and they are great to work with! Open through Oct 26th. www.omnidawn.com/fiction-cont...

Fabulist Fiction Chapbook Contest – Omnidawn

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Jennifer Pullen @jpullen19.bsky.social · 22d

Thank you!!!

Jennifer Pullen @jpullen19.bsky.social · 26d

Thank you!

Jennifer Pullen @jpullen19.bsky.social · 26d

Thank you! And trying my best, lol

Jennifer Pullen @jpullen19.bsky.social · 26d

Thank you!

Jennifer Pullen @jpullen19.bsky.social · 26d

Thank you!

Jennifer Pullen @jpullen19.bsky.social · 26d

Thank you!

Jennifer Pullen @jpullen19.bsky.social · 26d

On September 26th, my husband and I got the call from the adoption agency, a birth mom had picked us. So with 3 hours notice, we became parents of a newborn. Everyone, meet Ezran!

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Jennifer Pullen @jpullen19.bsky.social · 29d

How fun!

Jennifer Pullen @jpullen19.bsky.social · Sep 23

I don't have editing privileges, but she is welcome to issue the correction that The New Yorker is one of the few remaining, but not the only. We are all capable of making errors, myself included. :)

Jennifer Pullen @jpullen19.bsky.social · Sep 23

Polaris, an national award winning undergraduate journal, is open to all undergrads for submissions from Sept. 1st to Feb 1st. All submissions are entered into our free contest. If you are an undergrad, please submit, if you are a teacher, refer your students.
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Polaris

National Undergraduate Magazine

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Jennifer Pullen @jpullen19.bsky.social · Sep 23

thank you, and that's great to hear! I had completely missed that. I'm glad to hear more of such exceptions to the general trend continuing to exist, even under the radar! The more writers getting paid the better!

Jennifer Pullen @jpullen19.bsky.social · Sep 18

I wrote a guest blog post for @beckyltuch.bsky.social on her Lit Mag News, focused the history of the separation between "literary" and "genre" magazines. Check it out!
litmagnews.substack.com/p/a-legacy-o...

A Legacy of Class: The Parallel Worlds of Literary and Genre Magazine Publishing

"...distinct literary ecosystems..."

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J. Ashley-Smith @spooktapes.bsky.social · Sep 18

Privileged AF to get my grubby mitts on an ARC of this near-future fever dream. Avail yourselves of a copy - and a pair of knee-high railroad spike boots - the split second it drops!

@kkoja.bsky.social @meerkatpress.bsky.social

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J. Ashley-Smith holds up a copy of Kathe Koja's new novel Dark Matter.

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Jennifer Pullen @jpullen19.bsky.social · Sep 14

Dr. Pullen and her TA Fidil recommend Great Disasters by Grady Chambers from @tinhouse.bsky.social. This novel of coming of age in early 2000s Chicago is at once tender towards its characters, and utterly afraid to show them at their best and worst, all in lucid and lovely prose. #purrfectreads

Brown tabby cat next to the book Great Disasters by Grady Chambers.

Jennifer Pullen @jpullen19.bsky.social · Sep 10

Hedgebrook is hiring:
www.hedgebrook.org/about-us/car...

Employment Opportunities — Hedgebrook.org

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Jennifer Pullen @jpullen19.bsky.social · Sep 9

The first ONU English Reading Series event on 9/16 will feature the wonderful @alisonstine.bsky.social
The event is free and open to the public. It begins at 7 pm, preceded by a catered reception, in the Wilson Hall Elzay Gallery of Art. @ohionorthern.bsky.social

Jennifer Pullen @jpullen19.bsky.social · Sep 7

The Witch, The Lighthouse, The Invasion of the Body Snatchers, A Ghost Story, The Endless.

Jennifer Pullen @jpullen19.bsky.social · Sep 7

I love the face that hawk is making. So imperious, and slightly annoyed. Lol.

Jennifer Pullen @jpullen19.bsky.social · Sep 7

I had a visitor this week. It was almost as large as the palm of my hand!

Jennifer Pullen @jpullen19.bsky.social · Sep 2

My entire college class from last semester could tell that reviewer (you all know the one) that they've misunderstood Frankenstein. Sigh.

Jennifer Pullen @jpullen19.bsky.social · Sep 2

How I feel almost every time I open a program on my computer these days.