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I'm a writer, filmmaker, memoirist, editor, mom, and associate professor and Crow Chair of English at the University of Pittsburgh. https://linktr.ee/alexandra_hidalgo
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Odyssey of the Mind is run entirely through volunteers. What happens, though, when one of the volunteers is, unbeknownst to everyone, given the wrong job? Funny stuff, of course! @billbowbaggins.bsky.social youtube.com/shorts/mbKW3...

The team from Wyland Elementary won second place at Odyssey of the Mind's Spontaneous Day in 2024. And this year…They won second place again! Follow our team as they attempt to return to World Finals, where last year (you guessed it!) they won second place! #STEM www.youtube.com/shorts/H6lzq...

Here's some great #weekend inspiration for our #AmQuerying #AuthorSky #WritingCommunity. Natalie is a senior in college but she's got her #poetry chapbook out! check out the video and her stories about it.

In this "Writer Short Takes" video, @nataliedc.bsky.social discusses the joy of being a #Writer and her wonderful debut #Poetry chapbook. #WritingCommunity #TeamRhetoric youtube.com/shorts/4-mgT...

Ha ha ha! Yes! And with a full manuscript request, please. Or an offer of representation while we're at it. No rejections today! Who else is keeping their fingers crossed for their #novel today? #AmQuerying #WritingCommunity #AuthorSky

In this "Writer Short Takes" video, Jenny Xu discusses the joy of being an #Editor at Atria and a wonderful project she has coming out this spring. #WritingCommunity #TeamRhetoric youtube.com/shorts/ViOEf...

Delicious food and even more delicious conversation at the Boulderado Corner Bar. Loved returning to the place where I spent so many nights eating nachos (they no longer have them 😭) with #writers while getting my MFA at Naropa University two decades ago. #WritingCommunity #TeamRhetoric #AcademicSky

Magical career moment: Getting to hang out with Nisha Shanmugaraj, @auntiepumpkin.bsky.social, and Gabriela Ríos. Some of the most brilliant, badass, empathetic scholars in #TeamRhetoric and #WritingStudies. Grateful to have learned so much from you three! #AcademicSky #HireEd

While I'm about to enter my second meeting of the day, I totally get this feeling. Maybe next Friday. Who else in #TeamRhetoric #WritingStudies #AcademicSky has a meeting-less Friday?

In this "Writer Short Takes" video, Caitlin McKenna discusses the joy of being an #Editor at @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social and a wonderful project she has coming out this spring! #WritingCommunity youtube.com/shorts/lVu4W...

My husband @billbowbaggins.bsky.social has many #birding regrets. I have many happy memories of traveling to marvelous places with him. This post blends them together into a powerful, moving, hilarious tale of the #birds that almost made it to his list! billbowbaggins.substack.com/p/birding-re...

📣Another article under the spotlight for #BlackHistoryMonth! Alicia K. Hatcher's article is a great read about #rhetoric and #resistance! 🔗https://constell8cr.com/articles/articulating-and-interrogating-black-embodied-resistance-using-performative-symbolic-resistance-as-a-tactical-analytical-tool/

Talking with your hands! Is it a #Venezuelan thing? Let's call it that. #TeamRhetoric #WritingStudies #AcademicSky #FilmSky

Thank you to the fabulous and brilliant faculty who came to my CU-Boulder workshop on making videos and reaching your audience with them. We had a generative and inspiring discussion that taught me a lot! @auntiepumpkin.bsky.social #TeamRhetoric #WritingStudies #AcademicSky #FilmSky #YouTube

TY, @auntiepumpkin.bsky.social, Nisha Shanmugaraj, and Laurie Gries for bringing me to CU-Boulder to present on "How to Make Videos That Matter to You and Find an Audience for Them." Not sure what I'm laughing at, but it encapsulates the heart of the visit #TeamRhetoric #WritingStudies #AcademicSky

Some #winter #video magic for everyone! Thank you for this!

Virginia Wolfe said in order to become serious authors, women would need to kill the Angel in the house. The angel that cares for everyone's needs and feeling before her own. This essay makes me think we have a long long way to go. thewalrus.ca/how-do-you-f...

For some hope and beauty in the midst of confusing times, check out this constellations #book review. #TeamRhetoric #WritingStudies #AcademicSky

This my favorite #forest. And when there’s just a little bit of #snow falling, it gets even more charming and magical. Let’s go find some fairies and a few gnomes! #Pittsburgh #Winter youtube.com/shorts/o9_j9...

When #snow and water meet in a #creek you get a magical pool of snow! The sounds and the movements. It’s all a beauty! #Pittsburgh #Winter youtube.com/shorts/w9kEt...

Yes, it was raining. Yes, it was snowing too. But we figured we’d go for a walk anyway. It was indeed a wet, cold walk, but also delightful. Do you like walking in the cold #rain? #Snow #Pittsburgh youtube.com/shorts/ZNFrG...

My husband @billbowbaggins.bsky.social has been perfecting this dish for two decades, and it shows! Have some #pasta #carbonara with us! It’s worth the calories. youtube.com/shorts/tuvY0...

After almost 26 years together, @billbowbaggins.bsky.social and I celebrated #ValentinesDay with some fun, crazy, profound questions. Where’s the #love? Here! Join us on this journey! How did you celebrate Valentine’s Day? #Romance #Marriage youtu.be/a1jmzwBXrtc?...

Valentines for Everyone! #WritingCommunity #HappyValentinesDay @billbowbaggins.bsky.social alexandrahidalgo.substack.com/p/love-turns...

Pt31 When Dawn was born, relatives wrapped the baby in #fawn skin. But as soon as the infant’s strength and will grew, they took the cougar skin their twin had been wrapped in, never content with the placidity of home or labels. Dawn, born a warrior, rose like their name. #vss365

My #love (reluctantly) wrote about #ValentinesDay and #birds! I think it’s a brilliant piece. Do check it out for some deep thoughts on what we can learn from birds and their approach to finding partners and raising babies #WritingCommunity #NatureWriting billbowbaggins.substack.com/p/on-love-an...

Thank you for sharing this, Vee! What an amazing webinar for people in #TeamRhetoric, #WritingStudies, and #AcademicSky. There are funds out there. You need to know how and where to look, though, and this panel should help you learn to do so.

This made my day! How cool that you were a mascot, Chelsea! #TeamRhetoric #WritingStudies #AcademicSky

Thanks for sharing this, Don! My youngest Santiago loved Bone so much! So fun to see comics content in my #TeamRhetoric feed. I'm thrilled you're making art and creating comics! Is anyone else in #AcaemicSky #WritingStudies blending creative pursuits with academia?