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Welcome to The Recovering Academic
A preview of my series and a little about me
Sep 13, 2023
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Joshua Doležal
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The Things Not Named — With Mark Slouka
Why precision and soul are the heart of literary craft
Jun 17
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Mark Slouka
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Hawthorne Was Right To Fear The Clinical Gaze
Friends,
Jun 10
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Joshua Doležal
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Does Concision Matter Anymore?
I’ve noticed a paradox in our digitally-addled age.
Jun 3
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Joshua Doležal
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The Kids Are Fighting. What Should Daddy Do?
The following is a new chapter from a memoir in progress.
May 27
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Joshua Doležal
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Academe is suffering from foreign occupiers
Jul 19, 2022
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Joshua Doležal
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The boy is father to the man
Sep 22, 2023
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Catching Summer In My Pickle Jars
Jul 23, 2024
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Joshua Doležal
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The Best Metaphors Are Epiphanies
Apr 30, 2024
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Joshua Doležal
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Does Concision Matter Anymore?
I’ve noticed a paradox in our digitally-addled age.
Jun 3
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Joshua Doležal
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What Is Lyricism? Part Two.
If lyricism is defined in part by musical language, its other essential attribute is resonance.
May 13
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Joshua Doležal
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What Is Lyricism? Part One.
One of the unexpected delights of this spring has been building a bespoke syllabus in the art of the personal essay.
Apr 29
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Joshua Doležal
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The Kids Are Fighting. What Should Daddy Do?
The following is a new chapter from a memoir in progress.
May 27
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Joshua Doležal
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The Gratitude Gap
The following is a new chapter from a memoir in progress, which I aim to finish by the end of this year.
Apr 22
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Joshua Doležal
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How Teaching Abroad Destroyed My Faith
My Tuesday essay this week is the latest installment in my memoir in progress, but since that post is free to all I wanted to supplement it for my…
Mar 28
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Joshua Doležal
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