Ms. McM

I teach English, & read, & take pictures. I really want to be a runner & a guitar player, so I do those things too, but not as well. I miss my dog.

[Ms. McM @msmcmaster]

@SheaSerrano Size small, please! 📚

[Ms. McM @msmcmaster]

What a tribute. ☘️

[NBA @NBA]

Before tip-off tonight the @celtics honored Bill Russell with a poem titled "SESTINA" written and performed by Porsha Olayiwola 💚

[NBA @NBA]

Before tip-off tonight the @celtics honored Bill Russell with a poem titled "SESTINA" written and performed by Porsha Olayiwola 💚

[Frog and Toad Bot @FrogandToadbot]

'I will do it tomorrow,' said Toad. 'Today I will take life easy.'

[Ms. McM @msmcmaster]

Looking forward to this!

[Clint Smith @ClintSmithIII]

Putting the finishing touches on book #3 (!!!). Will share more soon, but I will say it’s been nice hanging out with poems again.

[Ms. McM @msmcmaster]

"But look closer and take her in: a harmless opossum, in all her scruffy glory."

[NealShusterman @NealShusterman]

📚 BOOK COVER REVEAL 📚

I am pleased to announce the Arc of a Scythe story collection GLEANINGS, to be published November 8th!

All new stories!

It's available for preorder now!
https://t.co/Y4FFZoEy6d

[Amanda Gorman @TheAmandaGorman]

“Poetry is not a luxury. It is a vital necessity of our existence. It forms the quality of the light within which we predicate our hopes & dreams toward survival & change, first made into language, then into idea, then into more tangible action.” —Audre Lorde #WorldPoetryDay

[Boston Celtics @celtics]

ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE

[Ms. McM @msmcmaster]

Opened Twitter tonight just for this info. Go Hawks!

[Hudson Athletics @HHSHawksAD]

Girls Basketball advances to play the winner of Triton/Bishop Fenwick. Kiley lead all scorers (16), Sam Collette, Gracie Giorgio, Audrey Lenox with 10 each!! Way to go Hawks!! #standby #notdoneyet

[Ms. McM @msmcmaster]

@linguistihawk This is as bad as that old teacher-gift chestnut, the “I’m silently correcting your grammar” mug. Which I DO NOT WANT, because NO I’M NOT.

[Amanda Gorman @TheAmandaGorman]

What editing Call Us What We Carry looked like—walking & crouching besides hundreds of pages for weeks. Thank you all so much for reading the collection and for letting something I sat beside daily sit inside of you, even if just for a moment. 💙🙏🏿

[New York Times Books @nytimesbooks]

The year’s notable fiction, poetry and nonfiction, selected by the editors of The New York Times Book Review. https://t.co/3l1XbANlVL

[Publishers Weekly @PublishersWkly]

Three-time Newbery Honor author Gary Paulsen, known for his wilderness adventure novels for children such as ‘Hatchet,’ died this morning at age 82

[Alexandra Petri @petridishes]

I Can’t Believe Nick Carraway (Whom I Thought Of As A Friend!) Was Just Mining My Life For Material https://t.co/aly57zfMyB

[Ms. McM @msmcmaster]

@linguistihawk In high school today, we made lists of things that are important to us so we could write about them, too! We also talked about great stories, like Gnomeo and Juliet.

[ESPN @espn]

13-year-old Zaila Avant-garde of Louisiana is your 93rd Scripps National #SpellingBee champion ‼️

The first African-American winner of the competition 👏

[Ms. McM @msmcmaster]

Loved the books...looking forward to the show!

[Shadow And Bone @shadowandbone_]

To destroy the Shadow Fold, we're going to need a miracle. Shadow and Bone premieres April 23 on Netflix.

[Ms. McM @msmcmaster]

For everyone who needs to see and hear snoozing puppies. So, for everyone.

[Adrienne Mayor @amayor]

Neo-Assyrian pack of tiny clay painted mastiffs, 650 BC, found in Nineveh Palaces, inscribed with their names
Catcher of the Enemy, Don’t Think, Bite! Biter of His Foe, Loud Bark, Expeller of Evil
British Museum