Becoming Literary

Three Theses On the Literacy Crisis

Why The Atlantic and the Moral Panic Machine Are Misdiagnosing the "End of Reading"

Jul 22 • Trevor Aleo

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Drs. Karis Jones, Sarah Jerasa, & Rabani Garg Talk Teaching Digital Texts With #HackYourStack

In this episode of Conceptually Speaking, I sit down with Karis Jones, Sarah Jerasa, and Rabani Garg, friends of the show and the team behind the…

Jul 3 • Trevor Aleo

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June 2026

Literacy in the Postdigital Age (Part 1)

On the literacy crisis, the postdigital condition, and how reading is changing

Jun 18 • Trevor Aleo

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May 2026

Dr. Al Filreis Talks Pedagogy, Poetry, & The Promise of Digital Community

In this episode of Conceptually Speaking, I sit down with Dr.

May 6 • Trevor Aleo

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April 2026

Down with EdTech! Long live MADTech!

Resisting RETVRN pedagogy & embracing postdigital aesthetic education

Apr 22 • Trevor Aleo

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Dr. Alexander Manshel Talks High School English & the Making of American Readers

In this episode of Conceptually Speaking, I sit down with Dr.

Apr 9 • Trevor Aleo

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March 2026

Who Owns High School English?

On communities of practice, corporate capture, and what happens when teachers are cut off from the disciplines they teach

Mar 31 • Trevor Aleo

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Dr. Jeffrey Lawrence Talks Public Humanities & the Substack Literary Scene

In this episode of Conceptually Speaking, I sit down with Dr.

Mar 13 • Trevor Aleo and Jeffrey Lawrence

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Teaching Texts, Tensions & Dialectics of the Global

Circumnavigating the World of Literature in One Semester

Mar 4 • Trevor Aleo

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February 2026

Drs. Dan Sinykin & Johanna Winant Talk Close Reading for the 21st Century

Show Notes

Feb 4 • Trevor Aleo

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January 2026

2025: A Year of Becoming Literary

Reflections on a year of research, teaching, and substacking

Jan 1 • Trevor Aleo

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November 2025

Dr. Susan Blum Talks Schoolishness, Alienated Education, & the Quest for Authentic, Joyful Learning

Listen now | In this episode of Conceptually Speaking, I sit down with Dr.

Nov 25, 2025 • Trevor Aleo and Susan D. Blum Muses

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