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The Recovering Academic in 2025
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How Doctors Lost Their Authority
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The Things Not Named — With Holly Starley
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How To Fight AI Atrophy
Some twenty years ago, after playing with a new digital camera, I posted a photo of the American flag to my Facebook page.
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Universities Were Unraveling Long Before Trump and Musk
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Does The Magic Relationship Ratio Work On Yourself?
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Rural Americans Aren't Going To College. Should They?
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Why It Took 20 Years To Publish This Book
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How To Fight AI Atrophy
Some twenty years ago, after playing with a new digital camera, I posted a photo of the American flag to my Facebook page.
Dec 2, 2025
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Why I Can't Teach Voice (And Neither Can You)
As I wind toward the close of my craft series this year, I’m taking a swing at narrative voice.
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Silence Is Your Friend, Not Your Enemy
I can pinpoint the day I decided to leave academe and the very moment I chose to stop drinking, but I can’t say exactly when I began trusting the…
Nov 4, 2025
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From The Princess Bride to KPop Demon Hunters
The following is a new chapter from a memoir in progress.
Nov 25, 2025
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The Long Walk Home From Hadestown
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Walking Off The Grid
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