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Shannon Reed
Shannon Reed is a writer and professor in Pittsburgh. Her credits besides McSweeney’s include The New Yorker, The Paris Review, The Washington Post, Real Simple, Poets & Writers, and many more. Her first book, Why Did I Get a B?, Harrowing and Humorous Truths About Teaching, will be released for the 2019 holiday season.
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April 3, 2019List: Grimm’s Fairy Tale, Zen Koan, or Academic Job Market Advice?
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January 18, 2019FAQ: The Status of the Shits Women Have Left to Give
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December 29, 2018List: If People Talked to Other Professionals the Way They Talk to Teachers
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April 10, 2018Every House: A Morality Play
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February 14, 2018List: Eight Additional Love Languages
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November 1, 2017Student Essay Checklist
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September 20, 2017I’ve Read 5 of the 143 Words in Your Facebook Status, and Now I Hate You, Old Friend
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August 30, 2017“Why Did I Get a B?” An Answer in Four Fables
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November 28, 2016List: The Unspoken Rules of the Teachers’ Lounge
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October 27, 2016List: If Bruce Springsteen Wrote About Adjuncts
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