roundup

An Ordinary Disaster in 2024

Prepare yourself, create options—or just walk.

Dec 31, 2023 •

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…

Nov 2, 2023 •

Let’s kill 'content,' and reclaim "growth", OK?

And, this is the house where they're giving out full MFA's

Oct 26, 2023 •

Six Men Writing about Fatherhood

A group exploration of a topic core to every man's experience, whether or not they have children of their own.

Sep 19, 2023 •

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Sincere American Writing

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Joshua Doležal

Inspiration & entertainment from Summer 2023

Annie Lalla, Haruki Murakami, M. Wylie Blanchet, Bernard Moitessier, Meghan Daum, Michael Meade, and more

Sep 6, 2023

Highlights from two dozen Brothers and Teachers

Twenty-four good people on truth, creativity, identity, writing, performing, meditation, addiction, abstinence, transcendental moments, the infinite…

Sep 2, 2023

Beauty, inspiration and entertainment from Spring 2023

Henry Miller, Carl Jung, Cullen Thomas, Meghan Daum, Aristotle, Samuel R. Delany, The Emerald, Giri / Haji, Count Me In

Jul 8, 2023 •

"Decide Nothing" is now An Ordinary Disaster

name change, Substack memoirist interviews, memoir nearing completion

Jun 24, 2023

Let's open it up

Memoir only for the moment, done with previews, new interview format, and memoir on Substack

May 22, 2023

What I'm Reading — April 2023

How Rick Rubin lost 130lbs, Jaron Lanier, Amy Jay, Sarah Fay, Holly Whitaker, Toni Bentley, Daniel Duane, Lyle McKeany, Soaring Twenties, Minda Lane…

Apr 29, 2023 •

Fifty definitive memoirs

Nothing inspires more than the truth of another person's experience, transmitted directly.

Apr 8, 2023 •

What I'm Reading — March 2023

Rebecca Solnit, Carl Jung, Sean Vigue, Heterodorx, Tim Urban, Rob van Vuuren, Patti Smith, TOP BOY, Annie Murphy Paul, Sebastian Junger, Hilary Jacobs…

Mar 31, 2023 •

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