After years of teaching, writing, revising, reflecting, doubting, re-revising, and occasionally wanting to throw my computer into the Atlantic Ocean, my teaching memoir is finally out in the world.

Red Pens, Blue Screens: A Teacher’s Life Through Politics, Technology, and Cultural Upheaval is now available on Amazon.

The book explores more than three decades in classrooms across multiple eras of education—from overhead projectors and handwritten essays to smartphones, AI, online learning, and the increasingly strange modern landscape teachers now navigate daily.

It is funny in places, reflective in others, occasionally frustrated, deeply personal, and ultimately written out of genuine love for teaching and for the students and colleagues who shaped my life along the way.

For anyone interested in education, cultural change, technology, writing, classroom life, or simply the strange human drama that unfolds daily in schools, I hope the book resonates with you.

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  1. Hurricane Jane Avatar

    What a huge accomplishment and congratulations on your nascent book writing career.
    I’m getting my copy now and hope I don’t have to wait for your inevitable appearance at Books & Books for an autograph.

    1. Audrey Silverman Avatar

      Well, Hurricane Jane….. I am hoping I can give you a reading sooner than that, but I am ALSO hoping to do a reading at Books and Books sometime soon. In that case, it would be more than my pleasure to sign your copy.

      I hope you like it, and I’d love to hear from you personally your opinions on the topics I have broached in my little diatribe/memoir!!
      BTW, is Hurricane Jane Jane M , whom I have been long-acquainted with??

      Love,
      Audrey

  2. casually1efe49ab9b Avatar

    Great book. It is thoughtful, funny and highly entertaining. I highly recommend it.

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