Teacher. Writer. Coach. Most important: husband and father. "The longer I live, the more deeply I learn that love — whether we call it friendship or family or romance — is the work of mirroring and magnifying each other's light." - James Baldwinhttps://bsky.app/profile/mrcharps.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/mrcharps.bsky.social/post/3m22eilld3k2cCheck out my poem in the new issue of @feralpoetryandart.bsky.social https://feralpoetry.net/the-voyage-of-us-a-myth-by-dean-charpentier/ #poetry #poets #writer #booksky30 Sep 2025 10:57 +0000at://did:plc:yklthc2bzhti6yprc7xbbbjf/app.bsky.feed.post/3m22eilld3k2chttps://bsky.app/profile/mrcharps.bsky.social/post/3lxzs5nfcos2fHonored to have my short story appear at Bright Flash Literary Review with such an amazing collection of writers! (🚨Trigger Warnings — a bit darker than my usual stuff!) Read them all! #shortstory #fiction #shortfiction #flashfiction #writers https://brightflash1000.com/2025/09/04/what-word-for-touch/04 Sep 2025 18:38 +0000at://did:plc:yklthc2bzhti6yprc7xbbbjf/app.bsky.feed.post/3lxzs5nfcos2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/mrcharps.bsky.social/post/3lxsfnpndqk2xPlease have a look and listen to my poem, a tribute to #AndreaGibson at One Poem Only. No better person to read it than Maggie Devers. #poetry #poets #poetrycommunity #literature #booksky https://rembrandtscure.substack.com/p/the-bleeding-of-dreams-by-dean-charpentier?fbclid=PARlRTSAMi1dJleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABp7x2qLMUy0lRnMPCpOpBV6HSXFC_X-pD5uR2r6hruVq5p9GCQwz30vxNnjyJ_aem_xzh-suDYae9j4krrPDdYnw01 Sep 2025 20:06 +0000at://did:plc:yklthc2bzhti6yprc7xbbbjf/app.bsky.feed.post/3lxsfnpndqk2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/mrcharps.bsky.social/post/3lwmd26oqck2x#booksky #poetry #poets #writing #writers17 Aug 2025 16:38 +0000at://did:plc:yklthc2bzhti6yprc7xbbbjf/app.bsky.feed.post/3lwmd26oqck2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/mrcharps.bsky.social/post/3luhugqdeuc2bOnce a summer, I’ll take on some tortured poet’s vision of the underworld—this summer, Rimbaud’s ‘A Season in Hell.” His bio is bananas (poetry, too), and it’s no surprise he and Whitman acted as muses for Ginsberg’s ‘Howl.’ And he did it all when he was a teenager 😳 #poetry #reading #booksky #poet21 Jul 2025 11:15 +0000at://did:plc:yklthc2bzhti6yprc7xbbbjf/app.bsky.feed.post/3luhugqdeuc2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/mrcharps.bsky.social/post/3lufn3n5yxs24#Writing this morning. #creativity #morning #BookSky (Yes. I realize at this moment I am procrastinating with the best of them.)20 Jul 2025 13:59 +0000at://did:plc:yklthc2bzhti6yprc7xbbbjf/app.bsky.feed.post/3lufn3n5yxs24https://bsky.app/profile/mrcharps.bsky.social/post/3lttsytfpl226Wow. Quite the ride. Lots of thinking to do…But even with unanswered questions that remain (some about plot, some about intent, etc)…the impact of this book is real. I taught ‘Huck’ for years (not recently), and this made that novel better. #literature #americanliterature #englishteachers #booksky13 Jul 2025 11:56 +0000at://did:plc:yklthc2bzhti6yprc7xbbbjf/app.bsky.feed.post/3lttsytfpl226https://bsky.app/profile/mrcharps.bsky.social/post/3lsyeggsu7k2jCheck out my two new poems in the Spring Issue of the Prague-based B O D Y literary journal! Thanks to the staff at @b_o_d_y_l_i_t — it’s an absolute honor to see my work in the company of such amazing writers! #poetry #literature #literaryjournals https://www.bodyliterature.com/2025/07/02/dean-charpentier/02 Jul 2025 13:54 +0000at://did:plc:yklthc2bzhti6yprc7xbbbjf/app.bsky.feed.post/3lsyeggsu7k2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/mrcharps.bsky.social/post/3lsp7ye4i7c2qWhy did I wait so long to read this? Why am I reading it in a bad generic British accent? Why is it so good? #Ishiguro #KazuoIshiguro #literature #reading #Booksky #books28 Jun 2025 22:40 +0000at://did:plc:yklthc2bzhti6yprc7xbbbjf/app.bsky.feed.post/3lsp7ye4i7c2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/mrcharps.bsky.social/post/3lsh7hpkzy22jKnew nothing of this book beyond the back cover. Wow. Quintessential #Gothic #literature — Brushing off my HS French for some of the dialogue (Google Translate when I’m stumped). #morningcoffee #Booksky25 Jun 2025 18:10 +0000at://did:plc:yklthc2bzhti6yprc7xbbbjf/app.bsky.feed.post/3lsh7hpkzy22jhttps://bsky.app/profile/mrcharps.bsky.social/post/3lqwsf3nopc2vStole a few moments this morning even with approaching thunderstorms… #poetry #morningcoffee #morning06 Jun 2025 12:08 +0000at://did:plc:yklthc2bzhti6yprc7xbbbjf/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqwsf3nopc2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/mrcharps.bsky.social/post/3lmwgbu3upc2xCan’t complain about yesterday. Reviewing the reading before students come in. #MichaelCunningham #WaltWhifman #literature #teaching16 Apr 2025 10:51 +0000at://did:plc:yklthc2bzhti6yprc7xbbbjf/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmwgbu3upc2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/mrcharps.bsky.social/post/3llygw4buv22lMost recent addition to the AmLit Big Board. #literature #beatgeneration #englishteaching #englishteacher #poetry #beatpoetry #ontheroad #howl #allenginsberg #kerouac #dianediprima #dharmabums @citylightsbooks.bsky.social #booksky04 Apr 2025 12:42 +0000at://did:plc:yklthc2bzhti6yprc7xbbbjf/app.bsky.feed.post/3llygw4buv22lhttps://bsky.app/profile/mrcharps.bsky.social/post/3ll7k4rqes22hHappy #tolkienreadingday to all who celebrate. Going off the beaten path this year in our quiet hotel room #tolkien #JRRT #roverandom #hobbit #LOTR #booksky25 Mar 2025 15:03 +0000at://did:plc:yklthc2bzhti6yprc7xbbbjf/app.bsky.feed.post/3ll7k4rqes22hhttps://bsky.app/profile/mrcharps.bsky.social/post/3ll2bhyj2us2lReturning to this classic after some time. First read it in college (This one I purchased in 1992 to teach in my own class). Purposeful, meditative character study, nuanced take on human nature during apocalypse, original for the era it was written in. Highly recommend. #Booksky #literature #dys23 Mar 2025 12:45 +0000at://did:plc:yklthc2bzhti6yprc7xbbbjf/app.bsky.feed.post/3ll2bhyj2us2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/mrcharps.bsky.social/post/3lk3vixr7os2pMisty morning walk…”The entrance to the path was like a sort of arch leading into a gloomy tunnel made by two great trees that leant together, too old and strangled with ivy and hung with lichen to bear more than a few blackened leaves.” — JRR Tolkien #tolkien #JRRT #LOTR #walk11 Mar 2025 10:51 +0000at://did:plc:yklthc2bzhti6yprc7xbbbjf/app.bsky.feed.post/3lk3vixr7os2phttps://bsky.app/profile/mrcharps.bsky.social/post/3lhh5aej2zs2xOn this #nationalgirlsandwomeninsportsday I want to highlight these two amazing athletes and coaches, and salute all the amazing women who have played with and for them, who have mentored and been mentored by them, and who continue to change the world and make it a better place for all of us.05 Feb 2025 17:53 +0000at://did:plc:yklthc2bzhti6yprc7xbbbjf/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhh5aej2zs2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/mrcharps.bsky.social/post/3lhfjb7pxzk2cFrom my morning commute. #morning #sunrise05 Feb 2025 02:23 +0000at://did:plc:yklthc2bzhti6yprc7xbbbjf/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhfjb7pxzk2chttps://bsky.app/profile/mrcharps.bsky.social/post/3lh72jpuv5k2rCold morning walk. #sunrise #walk #winter02 Feb 2025 12:43 +0000at://did:plc:yklthc2bzhti6yprc7xbbbjf/app.bsky.feed.post/3lh72jpuv5k2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/mrcharps.bsky.social/post/3lgqmk3iclk2qMorning walk. Temp in single digits. #walk #winter #morning27 Jan 2025 18:55 +0000at://did:plc:yklthc2bzhti6yprc7xbbbjf/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgqmk3iclk2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/mrcharps.bsky.social/post/3lgdslorgzs2qThe films we watched and discussed over the last 3 weeks in my Dystopian/Post-Apocalyptic Film class 😳 Someone cheer me up! #dystopianfilm #dystopia #film #filmstudy #booksky22 Jan 2025 16:39 +0000at://did:plc:yklthc2bzhti6yprc7xbbbjf/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgdslorgzs2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/mrcharps.bsky.social/post/3lfn4bxet3k2mMorning, winter. #sunrise13 Jan 2025 16:01 +0000at://did:plc:yklthc2bzhti6yprc7xbbbjf/app.bsky.feed.post/3lfn4bxet3k2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/mrcharps.bsky.social/post/3lfhxcvz2ac2qChange of vibe this morning in Dystopian Film class. #TheTrumanShow #dystopia #filmstudy #film @brooks_school11 Jan 2025 14:49 +0000at://did:plc:yklthc2bzhti6yprc7xbbbjf/app.bsky.feed.post/3lfhxcvz2ac2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/mrcharps.bsky.social/post/3lfgezzmpik27Sometimes taking the dog out at night is worth it. #moonlight #eveningwalk10 Jan 2025 23:49 +0000at://did:plc:yklthc2bzhti6yprc7xbbbjf/app.bsky.feed.post/3lfgezzmpik27https://bsky.app/profile/mrcharps.bsky.social/post/3lffioi5uj22tToday’s agenda in Dystopian Film class… #filmstudy #film #dystopia #BookSky10 Jan 2025 15:22 +0000at://did:plc:yklthc2bzhti6yprc7xbbbjf/app.bsky.feed.post/3lffioi5uj22thttps://bsky.app/profile/mrcharps.bsky.social/post/3lfai74n32s25Digging deeper today. The seminal Blade Runner. #dystopia #film #bladerunner #teaching #learning #filmstudy #BookSky08 Jan 2025 15:30 +0000at://did:plc:yklthc2bzhti6yprc7xbbbjf/app.bsky.feed.post/3lfai74n32s25