Humor and Satire Writer | Professor | Writing Center Director | Nice Lady
My New Book Is OUT!!
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.
Released August 2026 from the University of Toronto Press.
“Buy” button brings you to bookshop.org page, but you can get it anywhere—B&N, Amazon, your local bookstore!
Reasons You Might Be Calling Me Instead of Texting, New Yorker
What to Do When You’re the Least Introverted Introvert in the Room, Slackjaw
Professor Sisyphus Begins a New Semester, McSweeney’s
You Impale One Guy, and Suddenly You’re “Vlad the Impaler,” McSweeney’s
To Solve the Housing Crisis, We Simply Need to Build More Homes (Just Not in My Town), McSweeney’s
Good Luck Proving We’re Competent Enough to Knowingly Commit War Crimes, McSweeney’s
Eu-forty-a: If The Characters In Euphoria Were In Their Forties, Slackjaw
You Can Complete Our Online Degree Program in the Time It Would Take You to Read This Article, McSweeney’s
Most Recent
The New Yorker
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 is a regular contributor to The New Yorker, McSweeney’s, The Onion, 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.
