My daughter, Sadie Shorr-Parks is the featured poet/poem today at Rattle: Poetry wp.me/pfVJnt-cP2 via @rattlepoetry So proud of her.

"The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in the mind at the same time, and still retain the ability to function. One should, for example, be able to see that things are hopeless and yet be determined to make them otherwise." F.S.F.

Donnie Sackey has written a remarkable (and remarkably engaging) book. I hope Trespassing Natures becomes standard reading in undergraduate and graduate rhetoric seminars. One of the best books I've read in a decade.

Can't recommend strongly enough folks engage with Jason Luther's DIY Delivery Systems: Rethinking Self-Sponsorship Through Extracurricular Literacy Narratives/LICS Journal. shorturl.at/achDKBeen Read essay in development. It will become central to my own work, hopefully others.

Apparently the UVA Writing Program is enabling "dissidents and troublemakers" to fight authoritarians........shorturl.at/fkrMX

Congrats Jennifer! I'm looking forward to getting a copy of your book. I hope others interested in material rhetorics will make time to read it as well.

Working on @democracy, @humanrights, @social_justice? I'm looking for articles for Transformations - a new journal of advocates, academics, and policy makers (shorturl.at/cKLU4). I would love the journal to support new or beginning authors, so please contact me.

Great piece by Chris Castillo in new issue of Reflections. If fact the whole issue looks great! Congrats to the editors. reflectionsjournal.net/2023/…

Are you working on @democracy, @humanrights, and @social_justice? The first issue Transformations, a journal of advocacy, research, and advocacy linked to over 50 global projects, is now out - shorturl.at/mK125. We would love to learn about (and publish) your work.

I'm very excited to announce that @SethunyaMokoko will be joining the @UVA_Writing this fall. I'm looking forward to working with such an exciting and committed scholar- teacher-advocate. #democracy #public_pedagogy @ClemsonEnglish

I am looking for essays, narratives, creative work on refugee/displaced communities for Transformations, an international open access journal linked to 50 grassroots projects globally. Read full CFP at shorturl.at/gkKU6 Please contact with any questions. #Refugees

Is Thailand an indicator of democracy's rebound? @SrdjaPopovic and I discuss what Thailand's recent election in our latest in @JoDemocracy essay. Available here: shorturl.at/hktV4

HELP: I am trying to have New City Community Press publish a book of Ukrainian students writing about the power of democracy and human rights while living under constant Russian bombardment. Their voices need to be heard. If you can, please donate: gofund.me/01295b8f.

I joined @manassehfanan on the @dindpodcat as part of our @UVA_Writing Democratic Futures Project to discuss democratic advocacy and the political situation of Sudan/South Sudan. Listen here: shorturl.at/zFM28

Proud to announce @UVA_Writing and New City Community Press publication written by two undergrad students - Wafa Salah and Fawzia Tahsin - exploring Muslim student experience at UVA. Portion of profits go to support UVA's Muslim community. Purchase at shorturl.at/ABMWZ