Mishka Shubaly has been teaching nonfiction writing at Yale University since 2015, where his raw, compassionate, and often darkly funny approach to storytelling has earned him a loyal following. Over the years, his workshops have become a sought-after experience for students eager to write with emotional honesty and sharpen their narrative voice.

His teaching style has been described as “transformative,” with students praising his ability to push them beyond their comfort zones to uncover the deeper truths within their personal stories. One student wrote that “he teaches with the kind of brutal empathy that makes you braver on the page,” while another called his class “a gift—gritty, funny, and deeply human.”