Original Memoir

The Kids Are Fighting. What Should Daddy Do?

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

May 27 •

Joshua Doležal

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 •

Joshua Doležal

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 •

Joshua Doležal

A Prayer For Spring Planting

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…

Mar 25 •

Joshua Doležal

The Solitary Wanderer Comes Home

The following is a new chapter from a memoir in progress, which I aim to finish by the end of this year.

Feb 25 •

Joshua Doležal

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…

Jan 28 •

Joshua Doležal

The Recovering Academic In 2024

And a glimpse into 2025

Dec 31, 2024 •

Joshua Doležal

A personal essay

Dec 3, 2024 •

Joshua Doležal

A Garden Never Dies

To everything there is a season, but for a brief stretch of October it is both a time for reaping and for sowing.

Oct 29, 2024 •

Joshua Doležal

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.

Oct 1, 2024 •

Joshua Doležal

and

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…

Sep 17, 2024 •

Joshua Doležal

Sep 3, 2024 •

Joshua Doležal

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