Tears & Glory: Reading Like a Writer, Writing Like a Reader.
Boris FishmanA newsletter about reading like a writer, writing like a reader, living like a deeper human, and being the only liberal at a conservative university, from acclaimed novelist, journalist, and teacher Boris Fishman.
| Platform |  | Pricing | Only free issues | Publishes | Twice weekly |
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Mid-Week Meditation: The False Promise of (My) Headlines
A drawing by one of my students. Arguably the wrong use of class time, but too good not to forgive (and share).
Hello –
It appears that I am now writing a more personal Mid-Week Meditation. Thanks for your patience (and recommendations...
On teaching "Hamlet" to conservatives, and absurdism to realists.
Only a small sliver of the students who attend the University of Austin (henceforth UATX) already care about writing. True in any school, perhaps, but in those schools, there are many students interested in writing-adjacent things: other ar...
Teach a class with me. (Plus some news. Again.)
Well, hello. You can tell things are ramping up for Tears & Glory because I produced exactly one newsletter in 2024, and this is already the second one in 2025! (If even this is too much, please don’t hesitate to unsubscribe.) I have good,...
A pre-order request: THE UNWANTED
That was funny when, in this Substack's inaugural and only previous newsletter, in October 2023, I wrote that I'd be coming to you monthly. (And if this reaches you in error, or redundancy, or just plain annoyance, my apologies, and please...
New novel in 2025, new Substack, new...
Happy fall, all. (If you were accidentally re-subscribed during site migration to this snazzy new Substack newsletter, apologies. There’s an unsubscribe button at the bottom of this e-mail. Emigration is a handful.)
- I have some goo...
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