Jennifer Pullen

AWP 2026 Offsite reading poster, with images of the readers: Carmen Maria Machado, Sequoia Nagamatsu, Gennarose Nethercott, Matthew Lansburgh, Jennifer Pullen and Joy Deva Baglio.

Hello folks! Are you going to #AWP26 in Baltimore? If you are, join me for the offsite reading that I am coordinating with @joybaglio.bsky.social. We are also reading, alongside some cool folks including @sequoian.bsky.social & Carmen Maria Machado. 03/05/26 at 6 pm in the Lord Baltimore hotel!

I'm just going to keep repeating this until the apocalypse.

AI doesn't *know* anything.
AI only knows what something *looks like.*

It's not "hallucinating." It's predicting text based on trained data.

AI doesn't *KNOW* anything.

Thank you, you are so kind!

Cover of Beastly: An Anthology of Shapeshifting Fairy Tales by Jennifer Pullen.

My anthology of shapeshifter fairy tales comes out in 8 days. I'm so proud of this book from
@lfpbooks.bsky.social it was a blast to write the informative, wild, & weird footnotes for each story! You buy it online, at your local bookstore, & get it at #AWP26 #books

Polaris National Undergraduate Magazine

Ohio Northern University's national undergrad lit mag, Polaris, is open for submissions until Feb 1st. We especially need more visual art and non-fiction. Tell your students to send us work!

polarisliterarymagazine.com

Polaris National Undergraduate Magazine

Ohio Northern University's national undergrad lit mag, Polaris, is open for submissions until Feb 1st. We especially need more visual art and non-fiction. Tell your students to send us work!

polarisliterarymagazine.com

Brown tabby cat next to the short story collection Sinkhole and Other Inexplicable Voids by Leyna Krow.

Dr. Pullen & her TA Fidil recommend Sinkhole and Other Inexplicable Voids by Leyna Krow. Set mostly in a near future NW, this collection showcases Krow's ability to write stories that are at once eerie, kind, funny, & sad. "Sinkhole" was optioned by Jordan Peele's production company.

Neon Citadel Title: Neon CitadelAuthor: Greg Leunig AVAILABLE NOW!BookshopBarnes & NobleAmazonWalmartScifierHardcover Edition Nagash “Gash” Jensen can’t remember the last time he caught a …

My friend Greg Leunig's new book, Neon Citadel, is out from Spaceboy Books! A genre bending blend of sci fi, fantasy & noir, I read it one delighted sitting!
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I feel like I'm screaming into a void about AI and pedagogy. "Writing" a story with AI is no more a sign of knowing how to craft fiction or write than microwaving a Hot Pocket means I know how to cook.

Brown tabby cat hugging a blanket.

Hugs from Fidil. I think we all need it.

Cover of the book "Beastly: An Anthology of Shapeshifting Fairy Tales" edited by Jennifer Pullen

Hello fellow university profs! Does your department need a visiting writer to give a reading? Or a contest judge? I edited an anthology of shapeshifter fairy tales for Lanternfish press (out in Feb) & of my textbook & chapbook are already out! I promise I'm an excellent visitor!

"One does not establish a dictatorship in order to safeguard a revolution; one makes the revolution in order to establish the dictatorship. The object of persecution is persecution. The object of torture is torture. The object of power is power. Now you begin to understand me.”
― George Orwell, 1984

Snowy hillside with evergreens.

Lake framed by two evergreen covered hills.

A sunset over a mountain circled valley.

A bright green mossy rock.

I had a great visit home this holiday season. My home state of WA will always have its hooks in my soul. Such beauty.

I NEED this costume.

Cats know how to nap!
Soft on soft on soft.

Tabby cat in laundry hamper.

Fidil claimed the laundry basket as his own.

Tabby cat next to the book Lucy Girl.

Dr. Pullen & her TA Fidil recommend Lucky Girl by Allie Tagle-Dokus from @tinhouse.bsky.social. A Bildungsroman for 21st century girlhood, this book is bold, vital, moving, & unique.

Brown tabby next to the book The Bright Sword by Lev Grossman.

Dr. Pullen & her TA Fidil recommend The Bright Sword by Lev Grossman. This Arthurian fantasy is so immersive Fidil tried to climb inside. At once aware of the history of Arthuriana, & magnificently new & strange, this book is a must read! #purrfectreads #fantasy

Brown tabby next to the book The Bright Sword by Lev Grossman.

Dr. Pullen & her TA Fidil recommend The Bright Sword by Lev Grossman. This Arthurian fantasy is so immersive Fidil tried to climb inside. At once aware of the history of Arthuriana, & magnificently new & strange, this book is a must read! #purrfectreads #fantasy

Thank you! :)

Brown tabby cat next to the book Beastly: An Anthology of Shapeshifting Fairy Tales, edited by Jennifer Pullen.

Check out my wee furry house beastie with Beastly, the new anthology of shapeshifting fairytales I edited for @lfpbooks.bsky.social, out in Feb!

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 ...

McSweeney's wins again with niche comedy. I laughed so hard I cried.
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Tabby cat next to the book Patchwork by Maddie Ballard.

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

The Fox Wife novel next to tabby cat.

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.

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...

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Thank you! And trying my best, lol

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