Steph Grossman

Scheduled some pitches to email out tomorrow morning while I sleep ✌️

On to some Lost Generation writing this week with "Hills Like White Elephants" by Ernest Hemingway, as well as the Southern Gothic (my favorite) with "A Rose For Emily" by William Faulkner. Was going to do "The Chrysanthemums," John Steinbeck's only short story, but no time!

Writers, readers--what are you favorite sites and/or magazines to read author interviews? I have the chance to interview a certain famous author soon and am in the process of pitching so would love some suggestions! #booksky #writingcommunity

PSA for those who watch true crime before bedtime: early episodes of Forensic Files show actual dead bodies :-/

I like my murder lullabies sanitized, please.

Def send reading lists when you get a moment! I’d be interested in checking them out!

Have you seen this tweet from 2022? Lol x.com/meaghano/sta...

Oh theme is kind of cool though! What sort of themes do you guys teach?

On to naturalism with “To Build a Fire” by Jack London next week, plus some modernism with Robert Frost, Marianne Moore, Ezra Pound, and T.S. Eliot.

On to "The Yellow Wallpaper" by Charlotte Perkins Gilman this week, as well as W.E.B. Du Bois and Paul Lawrence Dunbar.

Stuff like this is why my novel-in-progress and the Basement Girls podcast has been on intermittent hiatus :-P

A** US Lit...lol

Teaching an US Lit Since 1865 class for the 1st time this semester; worked all last week/weekend on presentations about postbellum history and Walt Whitman; now working on presentations about Emily Dickinson, Louisa May Alcott, and Kate Chopin. So. Much. Work. But rewarding.

Damn it, just got another form rejection from a place that has previously sent me quite glowing tiered/encouraging rejections. UUGGHHHH

Been submitting a voicey gothic coming-of-age story I really believe in. I know it's early in the process (my avg. # of rejections on a story is ~45 before an acceptance) but I've recieved 3 form rejections so far and I can't help but despair it's a sign the story isn't working.

Uncanny—in just one of my classes (of 20 students) I have two Kealy’s, two Destiny’s, and two Sophia’s!

My baby was just diagnosed with RSV & a double ear infection, &, why yes, there IS less than a week before the beginning of the spring semester, the week in which I’d been planning to prep all of my materials for a new course I’m teaching, plus my three other classes. Pray for her…Pray for me…😅

What are your favorite lit mags and magazines to read interviews with authors? Would love some suggestions because I'm planning on pitching something soon!

"In 2024, Barnes & Noble opened more new bookstores in a single year than it had in the whole decade from 2009 to 2019."

Thank you Booktok!

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“I’m a pusher, Cady. I’m a pusher.” When they were telling me to push.

The first step to a great reading year is buying far too many books while you’re Christmas shopping, right? . . . right?

I care much more about the why than the what.

If you get why I’m posting this, I want to be your friend.

Perfect essay, with great argument, but no direct quotes? Automatic 70. 😈😈😈

Grading thoughts this semester: Thankful that basic AI and LLMs students use are still inept at incorporating direct quotes from sources...it really helps me see who is doing their own work and who is just relying on summaries and arguments synthesized from AI. For now.

Are they called throw pillows because you're always throwing them off your couch in order to sit?

Just posting some Halloween 2026 ambiance from my neighborhood before it truly feels too late.

Enjoyed this one.

I really should use my campus office more.

a cartoon character is standing in a doorway with a broom and the words boom baby below him . ALT: a cartoon character is standing in a doorway with a broom and the words boom baby below him .

Submitting to lit mags for the first time since 2023--a whole 9 months of pregnancy and 13 months of focusing almost exclusively on my daughter in between! In shock I didn’t have to reset my Duotrope password.

Just joined r/getoutofbed