Falling, in Love with Teaching by Patrick Hueller

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Falling, in Love with Teaching, by veteran high school English teacher Patrick Hueller, is necessary reading for all those who care about the state of education. At a time when the profession is undergoing an existential crisis, this singular book of narrative poems reminds us of what makes teaching so vital. It’s an honest and heartfelt love letter to the calling, a book that belongs in every classroom and on every teacher’s reading list.


“You, perhaps, didn’t know you needed this collection of poems about teaching. But you will fall in and wish to stay here. Patrick Hueller delights in words. His playfulness invites you to linger, to lean in and listen. His economy of language moves at the speed of the school day; and yet, his wisdom keeps you turning over images long after you’ve closed the book. Buy this for colleagues; hand it to your principal. Share these poems as gifts. Then write your own.” -Penny Kittle, author of Book Love and 180 Days


Paperback ISBN: 9781646723706

eBook ISBN: 9781646723737

Pub Date: September 1, 2026

5.83 × 8.27 inches (A5)

107 pages

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Patrick Hueller lives, writes, and teaches in Minnesota. He is the author of several books, many of them aimed at getting kids pumped about reading. These books have been selected for the American Library Association Rainbow Award and School Library Journal’s “Accessible Reads for Struggling and Reluctant Readers.” He has a forthcoming collection of short stories, Fake Tattoos (Cornerstone Press).

More Praise for Falling, in Love with Teaching

"In Falling, in Love with Teaching, Patrick Hueller demonstrates his remarkable ability to help teachers see ourselves and our students. This collection allowed me to eavesdrop on his classroom for a school year. I laughed, cried, doubted my abilities, wondered what to do when a difficult student was acting up, and ultimately, felt pride. Reading these poems, I remembered why I love teaching."
-Carolyn Holbrook, author of Tell Me Your Names & I Will Testify

"As a teacher (as one of Patrick Hueller’s teachers two decades ago) and sometimes poet, these poems take my breath away. They are, in turns, entertaining, whimsical, edgy, insightful, heartbreaking, and revelatory—occasionally in the same poem. His passions for teaching, for his students, and for humanity itself shine through. But beware: alongside the frequent joys, the metaphors often carried me places I did not anticipate. Grateful for this poetry that is soul-searing (and soul-seering) at its best." - David Weiss, author of To the Tune of a Welcoming God and When God was a Little Girl.

“I am obsessed with this book. Hueller makes light work of explaining the unexplainable: this beautiful, mundane, heartbreaking, and soul-healing job we teachers have happened upon. I’m ordering it for my classroom, the school staff room, and every person I’ve ever tried to describe my work to.” -Hannah Kaplan-Hartlaub, High School English Teacher

“I have never read anything like it. I swear I was laughing and audibly gasping every other poem.” -Kelsey Clodfelter, High School English teacher 
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"Falling, in Love with Teaching serves as a powerful reminder that real wisdom isn’t expressed through rote recitation of dates and facts. It’s expressed through the heart, from person to person, and from poet to reader, in lessons that will last a lifetime.” -Jenn Hollmeyer, author of Orders of Protection, "Life Lessons" review in MicroLit

"Much of this collection simply and eloquently captures why we as English teachers continue to teach as well as why we read literature with teenagers." -Megan Bassing, High School English Language Arts Teacher

“Patrick Hueller's Falling, in Love with Teaching isn’t a collection that denies exhaustion or pretends teaching is all inspirational bulletin boards and coffee mugs. It knows the hard parts. But it refuses to let difficulty become the only story. This is a book about the incredible lightness and power of this most important career. It's a reminder of the joy and heartbreak while leaning in to the value. Readers will remember their favorite teacher, the one who made it all worthwhile. It keeps returning to wonder, connection, surprise, grief, and the strange privilege of getting to help build a person’s inner life.” -Māra Corey, High School English teacher

"I'm not a poetry fan (in English for the short stories and novels, not the poetry), but I love these poems!" -​Mark Alford, High School English Teacher