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Earning my bread
On work, money, and escaping the machine from the inside
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December 2023

An Ordinary Disaster in 2024
Prepare yourself, create options—or just walk.
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"We get good at what we do."
Bowen Dwelle in conversation with Donna McArthur of The Bright Life
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Learning to ride
The three-mile circuit around the docks where my floating home is tied up takes about an hour. I make my way up to the end of each one and wheel around…
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“We all need our own philosophy”
Bowen Dwelle in conversation with Latham Turner of Get Real, Man on writing to explore, how “adventure doesn’t happen by accident,” writing as men and…
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November 2023

The Quake of '89
Everyone say hello to our latest member Bowen Dwelle ,here with his STSC Substack debut. Even a cursory glance around his Substack An Ordinary Disaster…
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Acquiring the skills of growth
Change can seem entirely impossible—and, it can be normal, and easy.
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Love as a place
a clutch of roses dropped in a Capp Street crosswalk
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Inspiration from Fall 2023—and a reader survey!
Sophie Strand, Ben McGrath, John and Monica Chapman, Jessica Carew Kraft, Kendra Atleework, Paul Kingsnorth, Stewart Brand, Holly Payne, Bari Weiss…
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October 2023

Let’s kill 'content,' and reclaim "growth", OK?
And, this is the house where they're giving out full MFA's
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Salvational or "a series of compulsions"?
Bowen Dwelle in conversation with Sam Kahn of Castalia
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I'm Here To Tell The Truth
An Ordinary Disaster: My entire book-length memoir, serialized as a work in progress right here on Substack
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