Every Word Is a Win

Teacher, reader, writer, husband, father: five for the price of one.

By Christopher Swann

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Teacher, reader, writer, husband, father: five for the price of one. Author of five novels, currently writing a sixth.

Christopher Swann
May 20
Today, my novel A FIRE IN THE NIGHT is a BookBub deal for $1.99! Whatever your platform for ebooks, get yourself a copy—it’s the perfect way to start your summer.

Christopher Swann
May 15
On graduation, grief, and the thousand days of May.

The Long Goodbye

“This is the end,” our student council president said at Senior Chapel, the final chapel service of the year for our graduating class. He didn’t say it playfully or ironically. It was a statement of fact. All of our hard work, he continued, all of our late nights and early mornings, all of our papers and projects and tests—all of our time together, he s…

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Christopher Swann
Apr 27
Just rewatched ANDOR and, in the series finale, just before Cassian starts his long walk to his ship, there’s a shot of him watering his plants. It’s such a small thing, but knowing his fate that small detail about undid me. “Rebellions are built on hope,” indeed. As are lives. What a fantastic show.

Christopher Swann
Jan 14
Hilarious take on the upcoming WUTHERING HEIGHTS movie from Gráinne Maguire:

(I teach JANE EYRE and it’s a better book. Fight me.)

Brontë fans are like a feminist Star Wars community.

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Christopher Swann
Jan 4
About what stories like STRANGER THINGS and ANDOR show us about nostalgia, connection, and resistance.