My BOOK comes out in 2026!
In the fall of 2022, I began traveling my home state of California, meeting with public school teachers and librarians who had a story to tell about being an educator during the age of culture wars.
Most of what the teachers and librarians told me revolves around:
I wrote their stories, wove them together with vignettes from my own teaching career, and compiled them into a full-length manuscript. And now...
My book of these stories (title TBD) will be published by The New Press in spring of 2026.
My hope is that by sharing these stories, more people will understand the essential work of educators, and will insist on putting an end to the societal scapegoating of teachers.
Most of what the teachers and librarians told me revolves around:
- discriminatory treatment of LGBTQ+ students and teachers;
- banning of Critical Race Theory (code for "stop teaching Black History"); and
- book bans.
I wrote their stories, wove them together with vignettes from my own teaching career, and compiled them into a full-length manuscript. And now...
My book of these stories (title TBD) will be published by The New Press in spring of 2026.
My hope is that by sharing these stories, more people will understand the essential work of educators, and will insist on putting an end to the societal scapegoating of teachers.