Archive - The Recovering Academic

June 2025

May 2025

The Kids Are Fighting. What Should Daddy Do?

The following is a new chapter from a memoir in progress.

May 27 •

Joshua Doležal

The Things Not Named — With Anne Trubek

Joshua Doležal: Welcome back to The Recovering Academic Podcast.

May 20 •

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 •

Joshua Doležal

Earlier this week I read a plaintive post by a doctor who had found herself on the other side of the equation as a patient.

May 6 •

Joshua Doležal

April 2025

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 •

Joshua Doležal

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