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S Peter Davis writes about the hopeless exhaustion that comes with being besieged with propaganda in the internet age.

https://speterdavis.substack.com/p/we-werent-built-to-absorb-this-much

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Caroline writes about the summits of life in "it's always high noon."

https://carolineeliz.substack.com/p/its-always-high-noon

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In this 'partial memoir', on the theme of 'risk', Terry Freedman remembers his grandfather, who died when Terry was ten years old. https://terryfreedman.substack.com/p/my-grandfather-and-me

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Joe Steakley writes about the legal and technical challenges to watching the teen drama Dawson's Creek as originally broadcast, and suggests the show is a tragedy about two young people who try and fail to leave behind childhood.

https://joesteakley.substack.com/p/non-canonical-bonus-letter-dawsons

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Kameron Sanzo discusses decadence, degeneration theory, and the Imperial Gothic in Bram Stoker's *Dracula*.

https://kameronsanzo.substack.com/p/the-dracula-series-nineteenth-century-da5

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In The missing blades of Hanlon's razor

https://zorkthehun.substack.com/p/the-missing-blades-of-hanlons-razor

@zorkthehun makes the point that malice and stupidity are the least likely causes of bad outcomes.

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David Roberts writes about his Personal Myth and testing the story of a privileged life.

https://robertsdavidn.substack.com/p/my-personal-myth

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June Girvin finds unexpected literary connections in a small seaside town in east Devon, UK.

https://junegirvin.substack.com/p/whos-written-in-your-town

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Emily answers the question, How do you build a home when there is always someone missing from the dinner table? in her real-time flash memoir about the full remodel of her home.

https://emilyhenderson.substack.com/p/u-haul

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Tom Fish goes looking for Roberto Bolaño on the Costa Brava, and, since he's dead, doesn't have much luck.

https://tomfish.substack.com/p/spain-diaries-never-meet-your-heroes

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@Joyce Wycoff ponders the dark side of abundance as she writes: "like Sandburg’s fog, the dark side of abundance creeps in on little cat feet" and shares a video about the Restaurant of Mistaken Orders.

https://gratitudemojo.substack.com/p/the-restaurant-of-mistaken-orders

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A chipmunk reminds author Robin Reardon how innocence can be used to kill innocence. https://robinreardonwrites.substack.com/p/mother-knows-best

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@Russell Nohelty explores how to avoid getting lost in the flurry of new authors joining substack.

https://theauthorstack.com/p/how-to-avoid-getting-lost-in-the

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Kevin LaTorre guest-wrote an essay reviewing The Road, by the late Cormac McCarthy, and in the novel's nihilistic desolation, he still finds the conundrum of religious belief: https://timelessfelixpurat.substack.com/p/the-sacred-idiom-shorn

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Sue Ferrera once again explores the power of our Substack community to help those in need, this post already generating funds for an amazing young woman fighting the battle of her life with cancer. https://waywardyogini.substack.com/p/working-together-part-3

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James Ron recalls a family trip to Acapulco!

https://jamesron.substack.com/p/a-plane-a-jalapeno-and-a-parachute

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