Sharleen Mondal
@sharleenmondal.bsky.social
Fiction writer, professor in undergrad English program @ Ashland University. Ph.D. University of Washington. Bread Loaf/VONA alum. Reposts/likes aren't endorsements; opinions are solely mine.
The highlights of my week so far: finalizing details of collaborations with colleagues, kid starting well at a new school, and the latte my longtime barista made just for me after not seeing me most of the summer. This made my day! #Cats
August 20, 2026 at 3:54 PM
The highlights of my week so far: finalizing details of collaborations with colleagues, kid starting well at a new school, and the latte my longtime barista made just for me after not seeing me most of the summer. This made my day! #Cats
I had the absolute pleasure of meeting Sumit Sarkar and his wife Tanika, an incredible scholar herself, when I was working on my PhD at the University of Washington. They each had a powerful impact on me. Charu Gupta captures him so well in this piece.
frontline.thehindu.com/other/obitua...
frontline.thehindu.com/other/obitua...
Sumit Sarkar: The Historian Who Changed Modern India
Historian Sumit Sarkar taught generations to question neat narratives, recover subaltern voices and connect class, caste and power in modern India.
frontline.thehindu.com
August 16, 2026 at 11:07 AM
I had the absolute pleasure of meeting Sumit Sarkar and his wife Tanika, an incredible scholar herself, when I was working on my PhD at the University of Washington. They each had a powerful impact on me. Charu Gupta captures him so well in this piece.
frontline.thehindu.com/other/obitua...
frontline.thehindu.com/other/obitua...
Friends near NE Ohio, today's the day to register for the Cleveland Inkubator Conference! The largest free writing conference in the country, keynote by Colson Whitehead, and an incredible, warm, inclusive community of writers.
inkubator.litcleveland.org
inkubator.litcleveland.org
Inkubator 2026 – Literary Cleveland
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August 10, 2026 at 11:30 AM
Friends near NE Ohio, today's the day to register for the Cleveland Inkubator Conference! The largest free writing conference in the country, keynote by Colson Whitehead, and an incredible, warm, inclusive community of writers.
inkubator.litcleveland.org
inkubator.litcleveland.org
For fellow faculty seeking to maintain productivity while cultivating work/life balance, I can't recommend NCFDD's Faculty Success Program enough. As an FSP alum, I have a discount registration code I'm happy to share; please contact me if interested!
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Faculty Success Program
Faculty Success Program The Faculty Success Program (FSP) is a structured, 10-week virtual experience designed to help faculty members increase productivity, establish sustainable writing habits, and ...
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August 5, 2026 at 4:07 PM
For fellow faculty seeking to maintain productivity while cultivating work/life balance, I can't recommend NCFDD's Faculty Success Program enough. As an FSP alum, I have a discount registration code I'm happy to share; please contact me if interested!
www.ncfdd.org/programs/fac...
www.ncfdd.org/programs/fac...
From Toni Morrison's "The Site of Memory." #ToniMorrison
August 4, 2026 at 11:43 PM
From Toni Morrison's "The Site of Memory." #ToniMorrison
Another day of using my tiny social media presence to share beauty and goodness 💜 May these words find you knowing and savoring the deliciousness of early August, the miracle of getting to devour--but slowly--all that light. #MaryOliver
August 3, 2026 at 11:38 AM
Another day of using my tiny social media presence to share beauty and goodness 💜 May these words find you knowing and savoring the deliciousness of early August, the miracle of getting to devour--but slowly--all that light. #MaryOliver
I've been tied up with a writing project different from my usual stuff. Kid went to Seattle to visit his grandparents for a bit, so I wrote him some stories so we could stay connected & he could keep up with his reading. A fun side project! Parenthood continues to amuse 😂
July 29, 2026 at 11:13 AM
I've been tied up with a writing project different from my usual stuff. Kid went to Seattle to visit his grandparents for a bit, so I wrote him some stories so we could stay connected & he could keep up with his reading. A fun side project! Parenthood continues to amuse 😂
Check out the lineup for Cleveland Inkubator, one of the largest free writing conferences in the country and THE literary event of the year in NE Ohio! Keynote by Colson Whitehead (!!!) - so excited for this!
inkubator.litcleveland.org
inkubator.litcleveland.org
Inkubator 2026 – Literary Cleveland
inkubator.litcleveland.org
July 23, 2026 at 4:21 PM
Check out the lineup for Cleveland Inkubator, one of the largest free writing conferences in the country and THE literary event of the year in NE Ohio! Keynote by Colson Whitehead (!!!) - so excited for this!
inkubator.litcleveland.org
inkubator.litcleveland.org
Continuing revision work on my essay today. It's kind of breaking my heart taking my spectacular moment with a great egret out. I hope I don't (r)egret it. 😂 #AmWriting
July 21, 2026 at 9:16 PM
Continuing revision work on my essay today. It's kind of breaking my heart taking my spectacular moment with a great egret out. I hope I don't (r)egret it. 😂 #AmWriting
It's Stone Gossard's 60th birthday and would have been Chris Cornell's 62nd. There's that magical creative energy in the ether...I'm a daily writer, so I would have put in my time anyway, but today's one not to miss 💜
July 20, 2026 at 11:25 PM
It's Stone Gossard's 60th birthday and would have been Chris Cornell's 62nd. There's that magical creative energy in the ether...I'm a daily writer, so I would have put in my time anyway, but today's one not to miss 💜
The Mary Oliver doc is lovely. Highly recommend 💜
July 12, 2026 at 8:51 PM
The Mary Oliver doc is lovely. Highly recommend 💜
Brandon Loomis has a fantastic long-form article explaining the water crisis in the western U.S. I learned a lot from this piece.
www.azcentral.com/story/news/l...
www.azcentral.com/story/news/l...
Lake Powell is on life support as the West vies for what water remains
The same 40 million people up and down the Colorado River are lining up for an ever-shrinking supply of water.
www.azcentral.com
July 7, 2026 at 7:50 PM
Brandon Loomis has a fantastic long-form article explaining the water crisis in the western U.S. I learned a lot from this piece.
www.azcentral.com/story/news/l...
www.azcentral.com/story/news/l...
New parenting level unlocked: we finished Edgar Allan Poe's "The Gold-Bug," reading the pages of decoding the secret message with great interest. Then we decided to make up our own secret code and write messages to each other in it. This kid! 🥹😍😂 #ReadingWithKids
July 3, 2026 at 1:44 AM
New parenting level unlocked: we finished Edgar Allan Poe's "The Gold-Bug," reading the pages of decoding the secret message with great interest. Then we decided to make up our own secret code and write messages to each other in it. This kid! 🥹😍😂 #ReadingWithKids
"Yet I know that none of this writing has been wasted." Appreciating this wisdom in the book TELL IT SLANT, from the cutting room floor of my braided essay. 💜 #AmWriting
July 1, 2026 at 10:20 PM
"Yet I know that none of this writing has been wasted." Appreciating this wisdom in the book TELL IT SLANT, from the cutting room floor of my braided essay. 💜 #AmWriting
Coming back after an absolutely incredible week-long intensive creative nonfiction workshop. Ready to continue writing and revising, buoyed by the amazing love and support poured into me by so many. And ready to pass it on to whoever's coming up behind me. 💜 #WritingCommunity #VONA
June 30, 2026 at 1:58 PM
Coming back after an absolutely incredible week-long intensive creative nonfiction workshop. Ready to continue writing and revising, buoyed by the amazing love and support poured into me by so many. And ready to pass it on to whoever's coming up behind me. 💜 #WritingCommunity #VONA
I believe I've made contact with everyone I want to connect with at AWP, but if I've missed you, please reach out! I'm so looking forward to Bread Loaf/VONA/UW reunions and some wonderful panels. And please come by the Ashland Poetry Press booth!
March 4, 2026 at 12:23 AM
I believe I've made contact with everyone I want to connect with at AWP, but if I've missed you, please reach out! I'm so looking forward to Bread Loaf/VONA/UW reunions and some wonderful panels. And please come by the Ashland Poetry Press booth!
Reposted by Sharleen Mondal
I mean, there are luna moths.
November 21, 2025 at 3:42 AM
I mean, there are luna moths.
First one down for my latest essay. Good luck to my fellow creative writers who are submitting your work this season! 💜 #WritingCommunity
November 11, 2025 at 9:46 PM
First one down for my latest essay. Good luck to my fellow creative writers who are submitting your work this season! 💜 #WritingCommunity
Tomorrow is my birthday--time for my annual book giveaway in gratitude. This year: Andrea Gibson's collection, or Reyna Grande and Sonia Guiñansaca's anthology. Please DM with your info if you'd like a copy and specify which book (U.S. and Canada only). 🙏🏾💜 #WritingCommunity
October 19, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Tomorrow is my birthday--time for my annual book giveaway in gratitude. This year: Andrea Gibson's collection, or Reyna Grande and Sonia Guiñansaca's anthology. Please DM with your info if you'd like a copy and specify which book (U.S. and Canada only). 🙏🏾💜 #WritingCommunity
Reposted by Sharleen Mondal
This discussion of all the ways that the humanities matter (including complex thinking and problem-solving, doing jobs the world needs even though they often pay less, etc) is currently getting less traction than my post re: "yay Muppet Christmas Carol." Would love it if you'd weigh in on this too.
My latest: "Numerous studies show that majors in the humanities—typically, in departments of English, history, philosophy, religious studies, classics and languages—lead students to employment and life satisfaction outcomes as positive as those for majors traditionally championed as 'practical.'”
Counterpoint | Minnesota humanities graduates thrive in meaningful careers
"The stereotype of the underemployed history major is simply not true," professor Andrea Kaston Tange writes.
www.startribune.com
October 14, 2025 at 12:03 AM
This discussion of all the ways that the humanities matter (including complex thinking and problem-solving, doing jobs the world needs even though they often pay less, etc) is currently getting less traction than my post re: "yay Muppet Christmas Carol." Would love it if you'd weigh in on this too.
"Optimism is the only way you can keep going, because there's no other option." Grateful for this message and looking forward to reading the book!
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
‘To the men who ran the world, I was just a photo op’: Malala Yousafzai on growing up, getting cynical – and how getting high nearly broke her
The global icon of women’s education is ready to tell the full story of her turbulent recent life, from arguing with her parents to being ghosted by the statesmen who were once desperate to be seen wi...
www.theguardian.com
October 11, 2025 at 12:44 PM
"Optimism is the only way you can keep going, because there's no other option." Grateful for this message and looking forward to reading the book!
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
For October. One of the most gorgeous songs ever, not to mention the reference to Halloween.
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Iron and Wine - The Trapeze Swinger
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October 1, 2025 at 11:51 AM
For October. One of the most gorgeous songs ever, not to mention the reference to Halloween.
youtu.be/yt7O8gDy0DA?...
youtu.be/yt7O8gDy0DA?...
Ready for the remainder of my Paper #1 "exit interviews" with composition students today. Talking with them first and understanding what they tried to do helps me respond more effectively to them as writers when I leave written feedback. This is how we do "accent on the individual" at Ashland. 💜💛
September 26, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Ready for the remainder of my Paper #1 "exit interviews" with composition students today. Talking with them first and understanding what they tried to do helps me respond more effectively to them as writers when I leave written feedback. This is how we do "accent on the individual" at Ashland. 💜💛
Delighted to see Katie Kitamura on this list. Her keynote at the Cleveland Inkubator Conference earlier this month was incredible.
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www.npr.org/2025/09/23/n...
The Booker shortlist honors authors 'in total command' of their craft
The 2025 Booker shortlist is made up of works by veteran authors, many of whom have several books under their belts — and a couple that have been on this list before.
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September 25, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Delighted to see Katie Kitamura on this list. Her keynote at the Cleveland Inkubator Conference earlier this month was incredible.
www.npr.org/2025/09/23/n...
www.npr.org/2025/09/23/n...
I FINISHED A COMPLETE DRAFT OF THE NONFICTION ESSAY THIS MORNING. There are specific parts I know I need to revise, but my goodness, a full draft exists! Thank you to my #WritingCommunity for having my back with endless encouragement. 💜 #AmWriting
September 23, 2025 at 1:14 PM
I FINISHED A COMPLETE DRAFT OF THE NONFICTION ESSAY THIS MORNING. There are specific parts I know I need to revise, but my goodness, a full draft exists! Thank you to my #WritingCommunity for having my back with endless encouragement. 💜 #AmWriting