Week 13 over here!

PICKLE

Yes.

I noticed you didn't have any TT alums? Is it more about professional writing in the main?

Get back to work, Dr. Joyner!

Note to Celtic fans: I see ya’ll this morning.

For your sake, I'm hoping this was a post-pickle beer!

Hard to pickle in snow!
(outdoors, at least!)

What are the specs required for StS 2?!?? It's a card game!

Rick Butz - French Louis YouTube video by Dan Cuomo

Two words: Rick Butz

youtu.be/pk6_UrFxCXw?...

Benjamin Miller from U of Sydney?

Came thinking this was somehow about writing, AI, and pickleball, lol.

A Content Analysis of Five NCTE Journals - Jonathan Marine, Jason Grant, Paul Rogers, 2026 This article presents findings from a content analysis of 707 articles appearing between 2011 and 2020 in five journals issued by the National Council of Teache...

🚨 **NEW PUB ALERT** 🚨

In this content analysis of 707 NCTE journal articles (2011–2022), we map the most prevalent topics and theoretical frameworks across journals, while also identifying major gaps and key connections between topics and theory:
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

#teamrhetoric

As an English teacher, I am officially declaring my support for the word "snuck" over/instead of "sneaked." We have lived for too long with this illogical and cumbersome verb, and I for one will no longer stand for it!

#writing #teamrhetoric

"Unmotivated writers” is usually just shorthand for assignments which students choose not to do because they don’t circulate beyond the classroom or matter beyond a grade. #writing #teamrhetoric

If anyone likes working with webtexts and doing digital rhetoric stuff, Kairos: A Journal of Rhetoric, Technology, and Pedagogy is hiring assistant editors.
kairos.technorhetoric.net/30.2/logging...

Call for Papers Call for Papers Writing in Motion: Writing Research Across Borders University of Sydney, Australia | 30 November – 3 December 2026 Submission Deadline: 15 March 2026 Conference Dates: 30 November –…

Literacy colleagues and writing researchers! Let's head down under and talk "Writing in Motion" as part of the 2026 Writing Research Across Borders (WRAB) conference. Excited for what will truly be an exhilarating conference! #literacies #research #writing
wrab2026.com/call-for-pap...

Surely, you jest.

KING'S QUEST?!?!

I'm pleased to announce the release of issue 30.2 of Kairos: A Journal of Rhetoric Technology, and Pedagogy. kairos.technorhetoric.net

We'll be celebrating our thirtieth anniversary in the fall (how is it possible that I've been an editor for 30 years???)

You had me at "Secret of Monkey Island!"

Is the letter longer than the piece itself?!

We would be very interested in a review of this title for @kairosrtp.bsky.social - just FYI.

YES

Brah

Sounds like the semester is over Dr. Flores! #priorities

That's another great (and highly underutilized) recommendation. Thanks, Dr Gallagher!

What about live sports though?

Some of us have work to do, Jon!

And didn't invite me?! How dare you!!!