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The Things Not NamedA Sadness That Holds Hope for JoyToday’s essay is part of a new series on recovery that includes me, Latham Turner, Bowen Dwelle, Michael Mohr, Dee Rambeau, and Lyle McKeany. Each of us will wrestle this week with what recovery means to us and how our life experiences shape that definition. —I used to teach in an Iowa town that Bill Bryson said was “as tranquil as a double dose of Valium.” That was close to the mark. Pretty much everything I hated about it as a single person — the cuteness, the tidiness — I loved as a parent. There were Dutch bakerie...2023-12-1211 min
Brothers and TeachersSalvational or "a series of compulsions"?This conversation is part of an ongoing series of conversations with fellow writers including several on Substack such as Michael Mohr, Lyle McKeany, and Sex at Dawn author Chris Ryan as well as others including master coaches Michael Lipson and Robert Ellis, ultra-ultra-runner Charlie Engle and legendary sci-fi author Kim Stanley Robinson. Today’s conversation is between, the writer behind , who also writes as part of the collective, and who writes, which includes his serialized memoir of the same name. Sam and I got together for a deep and wide-ranging conversation covering how we came to...2023-10-1858 min
Brothers and Teachers"Writing yourself into existence" with Lyle McKeanyThis conversation is part of a series of interviews with various brothers and teachers, including many fellow writers, all of which are part of the body of work surrounding my book-length memoir An Ordinary Disaster—one man's proof that we can all learn to listen to ourselves, and to act upon the inner voice of our self, our sanity and our soul. is the writer behind as well as a creative coach, and writes , which includes his serialized memoir in progress An Ordinary Disaster, about a man learning to listen to himself. One of the mo...2023-05-201h 18