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Articles by
Shannon Reed
Shannon Reed is a writer and professor in Pittsburgh. Her first book, “Why Did I Get a B?, and Other Mysteries We’re Discussing in the Faculty Lounge” (2020), was a semi-finalist for the 2021 Thurber Prize.
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November 1, 2019If Other Professionals Talked About Their Jobs the Way Writers Do
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August 20, 2019Sports Analogies for Academics
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May 28, 2019I’m Going to Make It Through the Last Faculty Meeting of the Year By “Yes, and…”-ing It
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April 3, 2019Grimm’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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November 13, 2018If People Talked to Other Professionals the Way They Talk to Teachers
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July 6, 2018Theater of Your Mind Presents: It’s 2:47 AM!
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April 10, 2018Every House: A Morality Play
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February 14, 2018Eight 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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May 13, 2022Ten Possibilities the Applebee’s Waitress Considers Before It Occurs to Her the Women in Booth Fourteen Might Be a Couple with Two Children
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May 18, 2022A Passenger’s One-Star Review of the Trolley Ride from the Trolley Problem
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August 5, 2019God Has Heard Your Thoughts and Prayers and He Thinks They Are Fucking Bullshit
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May 13, 2022A Modest Proposal for Solving the Baby Formula Shortage
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