Adam McLain

Hmm. Thinking about the essay in relation to Susan Sontag's "Against Interpretation" arguments.

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Thanks everyone who pledged! You are incredible!

The campaign isn't finished though! Depending on how far we get over the next 24 days, we'll uncover book upgrades like sewn binding, ribbon bookmarks, stickers, & more!

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finally... my impregnable fortress is complete 😌

Very excited for this project!!

The Tides That Reign Books I-III: Queer Epic Fantasy Saga For fans of John Gwynne and M.L. Wang comes a dark tale of tyranny, rebellion, and magic with South East Asian mythology influences.

You can find the campaign here! Thank you for supporting independent, queer art by authors of color! 🙏

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The Tides That Reign: Special Author Preferred Edition kickstarter campaign is now live!

For fans of John Gwynne and ML Wang comes a dark tale of tyranny, rebellion, and magic with South East Asian Influences and queer romance!

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Library of America is publishing Ursula K. Le Guin's Earthsea novels Coming September 2026

This is exciting: @libraryofamerica.bsky.social is publishing @ursulakleguin.com's Earthsea novels later this year!

I'm very excited to see these make the cut: www.andrewliptak.com/ursula-k-le-...

Juggling syllabus changes for 6 classes because of snow and sick days is not fun. x.x

a close up of a dog 's face with its eyes closed and looking at the camera . Alt: A close up of a dog's face with a tear falling from its eye. It was the first GIF to appear in the search, and so it was chosen.

The only thing getting me through is 2 more days until Pokemon Day.

Gwen the dog. Wild Seed by Octavia E. Butler. Blizzard of ‘26

I continue to think about how AI makes higher education transactional: "Pay $4,000 to your institution, $50/month to us, get a letter on a piece of paper."

Words from the case at hand about a haunted house. The key part “as a matter of law, the house is haunted”

“…as a matter of law, the house is haunted.”

Stambovsky v. Ackley, 572 N.Y.S.2d 672 (1991)

Hashbrown goals.

The only reason I want to date someone is so I have a live-in board game buddy.

… I guess companionship, shoulders to cry on, hugs to give, sex to have, jokes to share, et al are all helpful too.

Butt mostly games.

A book. A dog. A calcipher fire. An open window. An Eevee. Some books.

Ready for the snow.

Gwenivere the dog asleep on a brown dog bed with a blue blanket.

😴

A dog. A textbook on property law. A light blue blanket. A humidifier.

When you’re just a sweet girl, but he has to read 😭

Picture of a notebook with notes taken in it

Lesson planning

Final Cover Reveal: ‘Before the Ghost Sea’ Well folks, here we are. The last newsletter before the campaign launch for The Tides That Reign! What a lead-up it has been. Thank you to everyone who followed the pre-launch page already - it's not too late to sign up if you haven't. A follow keeps you up to date on the project details and sends a reminder when the campaign goes live on March 2nd!

Final Cover Reveal: ‘Before the Ghost Sea’

Well folks, here we are. The last newsletter before the campaign launch for The Tides That Reign! What a lead-up it has been. Thank you to everyone who followed the pre-launch page already - it's not too late to sign up if you haven't. A follow keeps you…

But what if I claim any other letter than X?

I love the feeling that comes after spending an hour and fifteen minutes working comma by comma through dense gender theory with undergraduates and only getting through a paragraph or two—as I tell my students, class is not about conclusions; instead, it’s about more questions.

Mobile Suit Gundam Iron-Blooded Orphans (2015)
Episode 9 - Sakazuki
13:23.574

Flüffy

Turn A Gundam (1999)
Episode 39 - The Small Planetary Explosion
06:05.868

Gwenivere the dog on a bed.

Bowl of goldfish. Plush of inkspren

Goldfish and Quill the inkspren are also present for this constitutional accounting.

Picture of Plessy v Ferguson, Brown v Board of Ed and Loving v Virginia open on an iPad. Some legs in black sweats. And the most adorable puppy dog in the world.

Plessy + Brown + Loving kind of day.

Always a win when someone feels better about eating cookies.

The diet discipline is always the next cookie you do not eat. Discipline not eating the fourth cookie… I mean fifth. I mean sixth. I mean tenth.

I’ve made it in* academese.