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Essays on kindness, pop culture, and occasionally poop. Cancer survivor x2. Father of awesome daughters. Four-time Best American Essayist.
Jul 9, 2022
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Pride
**Couple of short notes: in case you missed it, I published an essay in The American Scholar last week about guns and MTV and Pearl Jam and Stephen…
Jun 8
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Paul Crenshaw
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Jeremy Spoke in Class Today
Friends, my essay “Jeremy Spoke in Class Today” is now available online at The American Scholar.
Jun 4
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Wasps
The wasps are back in the windows of the building where I work, watching me as I walk by on my break.
Jun 3
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Paul Crenshaw
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My Mother's Books
I recorded my dusty crusty self reading this.
Jun 1
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Golf Cart
Last Sunday, before Jenn and I drove six hours back to Kansas, I took my grandson Kane for a ride in my stepfather’s old golf cart.
May 29
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The Butterfly Girl
Friends, a few notes first.
May 25
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Old Man Butt
A quick note to say that way back in February I was supposed to write funny essays for the whole month.
May 21
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Paul Crenshaw
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The Tornado, the Farmer, and the Thumbnail
A few years ago Jenn and I went to Greensburg, Kansas, a little blip on the map down toward Oklahoma, for the town’s homecoming celebration.
May 20
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Those Old Literary Anthologies
(What's your favorite short story of all time?)
May 18
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Paul Crenshaw
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Language Is Everywhere
For a long time I’ve kept a list of pleasing business names when I notice them.
May 16
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My Mother's Books
In the early 80s my mother—barely 30 but already divorced—took a children’s lit course at a community college an hour away.
May 11
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