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There Is No Wildness In "The Wild Robot"
This past weekend I took my daughter to the movies.
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Joshua Doležal
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Can You Be Sober If You Never Were An Alcoholic?
Josh: I think I’ve told you, Dee, that a little over a year ago, the very day that my ex and I decided that we would divorce, I stopped drinking.
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Dee Rambeau
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September 2024

Can A Philosopher Be A Happy Capitalist?
G.V. Loewen previews his health and wellness startup
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Joshua Doležal
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Home Is The Native Soil Of The Heart
Today’s essay is part of a new series including me, Latham Turner, Bowen Dwelle , Sincere American Writing, Dee Rambeau, and Lyle McKeany. In the past…
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Joshua Doležal
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Discussion: Seeing Our Mothers As Characters
Earlier this week, I shared some thoughts about transforming real people — especially parents — into characters in memoir.
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Seeing Our Mothers As Characters
In his memoir Nobody’s Son, Mark Slouka recalls an afternoon when he caught a glimpse of his mother with her lover, a man he only ever names as “F.”
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Joshua Doležal
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Why I Run
Friends,
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Joshua Doležal
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August 2024

How Cherries Freed Me From My Feed
Earlier this summer I saw the post above pop up in my Facebook feed.
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How Folk Ballads Help You Write Better Stories
If you watch streaming TV, you’ve likely internalized its formula for plot, how the opening scene introduces a murder or illness that the heroes spend…
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Joshua Doležal
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Does Substack Give Power to the Powerless?
Last week, while visiting Prague for the second time in three years, I happened upon a trombone trio playing a rendition of Lennon’s “Imagine” in…
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Darkness and Light
A personal essay
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Joshua Doležal
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July 2024

Blush At Yourself Before Anyone Else Can
Danielle Ofri taught me how to turn myself into a jerk in nonfiction.
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Joshua Doležal
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