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What I Learned From A Long Walk To School
My father kept a paddle in his closet that featured a bear cub trailing a fawn. The inscription read, “For the cute little deer with the bear behind…
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The Problem With Writing Dialogue In Memoir
In “On Keeping a Notebook,” Joan Didion reflects on a lunch with her father when she may or may not have ordered cracked crab, even though she now…
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Martin Luther King, Jr., Champion Of The Humanities
Today, in anticipation of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, I want to celebrate an essay that ought to be referenced more often. “Pilgrimage to Nonviolence…
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Telling the Truth Slantwise: Tobias Wolff's "In Pharaoh's Army"
My plan for this year is to clear more time for writing offline with the larger book goal in mind.
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Answering The "So What" Question With The XY Formula
In my end-of-year post I resolved to finish a new memoir by the end of 2025.
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December 2024

The Recovering Academic In 2024
And a glimpse into 2025
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The Hedgehog
A poem
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How I Became a Scholar - Pt. 2
Today’s essay is part of a new series including me, Latham Turner, Bowen Dwelle, Michael Mohr, Dee Rambeau, and Lyle McKeany. In the past we’ve written…
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Why It Took 20 Years To Publish This Book
The road over Lolo Pass from Missoula was slick with rain, but the melancholy felt right.
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The Sense Mill
A personal essay
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November 2024

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