Abby Walthausen

Writer and high school English teacher.

[Abby Walthausen @abbykw]

@sapinker Now we'll be spending class time exorcising the curse of knowledge and burying whom!

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@sapinker Thanks for engaging Bishop Loughlin AP English students at your talk on Thursday night!

[The Public Domain Review @PublicDomainRev]

The "microbe of justice", from Dan Beard's Moonblight (1892). More here: http://t.co/xrVLZ4iraQ

[The Public Domain Review @PublicDomainRev]

New Essay: On the brief & strange literary career of Dan Beard, founder of the #Scouts http://t.co/xrVLZ4iraQ

[McNally Jackson @mcnallyjackson]

Oh no. The great Mavis Gallant has died. She is most definitely in the store pantheon -- her @nyrbclassics story collections are essential.

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@ChelseaClinton Thanks for tweeting my article!

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@PoetryGenius Rock Crystal by Adalbert Stifler

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actually i lied -- its shopaholic, n. BUMMER! #OEDBirthdayWords http://t.co/AnsqXy0qte

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My @OED birthday word is: air guitar, v. What’s yours? #OEDBirthdayWords http://t.co/AnsqXy0qte

[Jean Zimmerman @jeanczimmerman]

In 1590 Robert Green wrote, They breath is like the steame of apple-pyes. A good pick up line even today.

[The Paris Review @parisreview]

In our ongoing collaboration with @92Y’s Unterberg Poetry Center, James Atlas on interviewing Iris Murdoch: http://t.co/dL58qkvrAU.

[HuffPostEducation @HuffPostEdu]

Why learning cursive is a basic right http://t.co/cr6NWVRgXM via @TheAtlantic

[The Atlantic @TheAtlantic]

America decides: Public libraries are better than Congress, baseball, and apple pie http://t.co/hRo6mlOP5t

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@jordosh @tumblr my students collaborate on a newspaper blog http://t.co/goch8lWkMw

[Volume 1 Brooklyn @vol1brooklyn]

Sunday Stories: “New Ark in Several Tours” (by Abigail Walthausen) http://t.co/x0YXmyrK4u

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In Manhattan Alleys, Dogs on Rat Hunts Find Bags of Fun http://t.co/OIfmdH6auw
(but no dent in the rat population)

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@EmmaWillard Thanks EWS for the RT-- I'm a 2002 grad!

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@edutopia @TheAtlantic Thanks for the RT!

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@coachnobody Thanks! Have a look at my blog http://t.co/QOhDXOaQji