In Holy American Burnout!, which is out today from Split/Lip Press, Sean Enfield uses personal essays and classroom narratives to tell the story of his time as a middle school teacher. He joins host Ali Muldrow to talk about using Kendrick Lamar to teach To Kill a Mocking Bird, shouldering the burdens put on educators, and writing Holy American Burnout!

Sean will be in Madison at A Room of One’s Own on March 21th, 2024. Learn more here.

Sean Enfield is an essayist, poet, gardener, bassist, and educator from Dallas, TX. His writing attempts to find connection through music and words as reclamation of labor as community care and as resistance to the many forces of white supremacy working against marginalized bodies.

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