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When Success Is Keeping the Seat Warm
Recovery memoirs. James Tate. Tortoise. And Ben TG.
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It’s Not an Addiction to Lean on Another Person
Also: What would it be like to trick-or-treat your own house?
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Confessions of a Devious Mind
On revenge fantasies and Little Steven Van Zandt. Plus: Pema. Stoics. Ada Limón.
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Cloud Coverage
How to cope when the pink cloud vanishes. Lydia Davis. A cool poem about contentment. Slate stuff.
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Some Other Time
What if your kid asks to be an alcoholic when they grow up? Rumi. Wendell Berry with a special appearance by Amanda Petrusich. More Smog on the…
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Exactly the Right Amount of Pain
Can we achieve it by giving up our morning cold brew?
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How to Think of Others
Why act so crazy when it all ends in sweet, sweet death? Pema. Stoics. A poem for the stressed.
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How to Do a Second Act
Too great a wound, too small a bow. It's Recovery Month and TSB's birthday.
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Our Sick Thinking
Nobody will write a better check-in this month than Elizabeth Gilbert, but you should try. Also, in this issue: The Tao Te Ching. A darn good poem. And…
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How to Be Avoidant
The things we don't confront begin to control us. Inspiring quotes for people with dark existential yearning. Pema on meditation and other shit. Three…
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The Authenticity Crisis
How to reset without the self-indignation. Thomas Merton on The Spiritual Life. William Irvine on The Good Life. Stephen Dunn on A Good Life.
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The Mind Remains Undefeated
And Chicago’s Bean has officially been renamed “the Giant Butt”
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