Humor and Satire Writer | Professor | Writing Center Director | Nice Lady
Pre-Order My New Book (Please)
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Pre-Order My New Book (Please) --
Beloved stories from folklore, mythology, and literature, transformed into irreverent satire of university staff and faculty's everyday challenges.
Perfect gift for the professor, college staff member, or grad student in your life.
Out August 2026 from the University of Toronto Press.
“Pre-Order” button brings you to bookshop.org page, but you can get it anywhere—B&N, Amazon, your local bookstore!
Discovering Where Your Interests Lie, New Yorker
Rudolph the Red Won’t Guide Santa’s Bourgeois Sleigh Tonight, McSweeney’s
We Should Definitely Make Out Even Though It’s Winter, The Belladonna
The Technology Is Just Not Ready to Fake Another Moon Landing, Points in Case
I Need AI to Write Better Lesson Plans So My Students Stop Using AI to Write Their Papers, McSweeney’s
Most Recent
The New Yorker
Lean the F*ck Out
Talia thinks it is a bitter, acerbic takedown of rampant hustle culture. Her editor says it is a “breezy, joyful manifesto.” Who’s right? I don’t know; you should find out for yourself!
About the author
Talia Argondezzi has written for McSweeney’s, The New Yorker, The Belladonna, Points in Case, Slackjaw, and many other places, because she is a middle child and it’s the only way she could think of to get her parents’ attention. She teaches at Ursinus College. Her friend’s baby is cropped out of this picture. She’ll get around to having a real author photo taken soon.
