Jennifer Pullen

I voted today!

I am in such an interesting writing moment. Two books coming out (my novel & short story collection all coming out in the next year & a half) & I am in the middle of researching for my new novel. Meanwhile, I keep writing weird bird flash fiction pieces. I haven't felt so free to experiment in ages.

Come work with me! Bowling Green State University is hiring another tenure track fiction writer! #academicjobs #creativewritingjobs jobs.chronicle.com/job/38045318...

I'm thrilled to announce that my short story collection, Of Snakes and Stones has been acquired by Blair @blairpub.bsky.social.

Come work with me! Bowling Green State University is hiring another tenure track fiction writer! #academicjobs #creativewritingjobs jobs.chronicle.com/job/38045318...

Dr. Pullen & her TA Fidil recommend Red Winter by Cameron Sullivan. This historical fantasy contains a unique take on the Beast of Gévaudan, Joan of Arc, & other historical incidents filtered through a narrator that is at once amusingly profane & deeply sad. #purrfectreads

There are so many books by authors whose work I follow coming out this fall, I'm giddy with excitement over new books by Emily St. John Mandel, China Mieville, Leigh Bardugo, Christopher Buelhman, and Madeline ffitch, to name a few. Its an embarrassment of riches!

Dr. Pullen & Fidil recommend The Reformatory by Tananarive Due. This historical horror novel is a page turner that is at once dark & hopeful about human potential, with two siblings struggling against racism & supernatural horrors, helped by their community. #purrffectreads

My first day of teaching in the BFA and MFA in creative writing at Bowling Green State University is in the books! The students were so lovely!

Writer friends, how often do you update your author photo? Mine are about eight years old...I think I may need a new one. If you live in NW, do you have recommendations for someone who takes a cool author photos?

I'm on a pedagogy panel for #AWP27 in Chicago. I hope to see my fellow creative writing academics there!

Fellow writers, if you had to pick one book that lit the writing spark for you, that first made you think you wanted to be a writer, what would it be?

I'm writing a bunch of deeply weird flash fiction about birds and I am loving it.

Dr. Pullen & her TA Fidil recommend The Changeling Sea by Patricia McKillip. They'd never heard of this novella before & were delighted to discover a used copy at their local bookstore. McKillip's gorgeous prose conjures the feeling of a folktale, unknowably old, rediscovered. #purrfectreads

In the 2006 science fiction novel 'Rainbow's End' by Vernor Vinge, he had AIs shredding books as they ingested them at scale. Threw me out of the story, because obviously that would never happen IRL. 😑

I'm back from my trip home to the NW. It was so wonderful to spend time with friends and family in the glorious outdoors of my home turf of WA (and also OR).

What are your favorite contemporary fantasy novels (in this case, meaning fantasy novels set in the 21st century) for adults of the last two years?

Wayne State University Press is hiring. wsupress.wayne.edu/jobs-interns...

Its always so good to visit home.

One year Assistant Teaching Professor (Fiction) BGSU: come be my colleague for a year! www.schooljobs.com/careers/bgsu...

I'm writing some really weird micro-fiction about birds, and my brain feels on fire with it. I can't wait for some of these pieces to be in the world.

Dr. Pullen & her TA Fidil recommend Written on the Dark by @guygavrielkay.bsky.social. This book was the treat she saved herself to binge at the end of the semester. Kay is one of our finest prose stylists & a spinner of enrapturing tales. His newest historical fantasy is perfection. #purrfectreads

I went to Vermont for the first time for a college roomie girl's weekend. Two people had a terrible time with flights and never arrived ( American Airlines, UGH), but one friend made it, and we had a lovely time! In other news, I'm now obsessed with Vermont.

I got my keys for my new office in East Hall at BGSU! My new professional home away from home, I can't wait to fill it with books!

Fidil fell asleep ON MY HAND while I was petting him and watching Task Master. Oh what a sweet and silly furry boy.

Still open for subs for fiction, nonfiction, poetry. Fiction will probably hit its cap within the next 48-72 hours, so get it in soon. barrelhouse.submittable.com

My contributor's copy for The Mid-American review has arrived. I submitted long before I knew I would someday work at BGSU, and I'm so I'm extra excited for my meta-fictional story about Christina Rossetti to within. And to share space with @gwenekirby.bsky.social! @midamericanreview.bsky.social.

Its always fun being trapped into explaining to a random customer service person how AI works, that you can't copyright anything created with AI, and that "writing" with AI makes you a writer as much as microwaving a hot pocket makes you a chef.

My TA Fidil & I recommend The West Façade by Lauren Johnson from the @sfwp.bsky.social. This historical fantasy set in medieval Paris swept me away. The statues on the west façade of Notre Dame come alive, but only one, the statue of Saint Genevieve steps down & becomes human. #purrfectreads

My TA Fidil & I recommend The West Façade by Lauren Johnson from the @sfwp.bsky.social. This historical fantasy set in medieval Paris swept me away. The statues on the west façade of Notre Dame come alive, but only one, the statue of Saint Genevieve steps down & becomes human. #purrfectreads

I've finished my first graduate workshop syllabus!! One syllabus down, and one more to go for next semester. The luxury of only teaching 2 classes is unbelievable. I've made 5 syllabi each semester for most of the last 9 years. I'll get to focus so much more on my students now.

I had an amazing first research trip for my fantasy retelling of Little Women. I visited the archives in the Houghton Library, Walden Pond (so peaceful I didn't want to leave), Alcott's house, and more!

The world really has a case of the bat-shits. I'd like to recommend serious modifications to this timeline.

I adore spring ephemerals.

I'm thrilled to announce that I'll be joining the English department of Bowling Green State University (Ohio) as an Associate Professor in their BFA and MFA in creative writing. I'll miss my ONU students and colleagues, but I'm SO excited for this new adventure!

Dr. Pullen & her TA Fidil recommend Immersions by Kyle McCarthy from @tinhouse.bsky.social. Two sisters, both dancers with one dangerous obsession. A coming of age novel, a thriller, and stealth Bluebeard retelling, this book kept surprising us! #purrfectreads

“I wanted to grow my hair to inappropriate lengths in hopes of gaining some sort of magic power.” - Um yes @jpullen19.bsky.social speaks for all enchanted gals in the into to this collection I know I’m going to love.

Here are my #AWP2026 events!

Here are my #AWP2026 events!

Pub day for Beastly has arrived!!!

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.

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

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

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

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.

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! @books-that-go-boom.bsky.social @spaceboybooks.bsky.social readspaceboy.com/portfolio/ne...

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.

Hugs from Fidil. I think we all need it.