In addition to his work in education, for over a decade he’s been a weekly columnist for the Chicago Tribune, writing about books and the habits of reading as his alter ego, “The Biblioracle.” In 2021 he started an associated Substack newsletter, The Biblioracle Recommends, which was a Substack Featured Publication for 2021. Free.: The Future of Public Higher Education (Belt).Ī former college instructor with 20 years of experience across multiple institutions (University of Illinois, Virginia Tech, Clemson, College of Charleston), Warner now works as a writer, editor, speaker and consultant. He is also the author of Why They Can’t Write: Killing the Five-Paragraph Essay and Other Necessities (Johns Hopkins UP), The Writer’s Practice: Building Confidence in Your Nonfiction Writing (Penguin), and Sustainable. John Warner is a national voice on the teaching of writing, faculty labor, and institutional values, both as a frequent speaker, and a longtime contributor to Inside Higher Ed where his “Just Visiting” column has run weekly over ten years.

Media, Culture, & Feminist Studies, Rutgers University Roxane Gay, Ph.D., Gloria Steinem Endowed Chair in The attendees all left his workshop invigorated to write their way into the world and I couldn’t be more thrilled.” During his ‘What Do You Have to Say?’ workshop, he kept attendees rapt as he offered a mix of practical and encouraging advice.

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