Jan 13, 2026
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14 min read
A bookseller recommends a novel about suicide.
Jan 11, 2026
11 min read
On personal growth. Fav poem about the current apocalypse. Tolstoy in a pinch. Depresh Mode.
Jan 9, 2026
18 min read
Part Two of our January 2026 (!) check-ins.
TSB Check-Ins
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Jan 6, 2026
16 min read
New year, new check-ins.
Jan 4, 2026
10 min read
It's resolution, baby. Jenny Odell. Alan Watts. Jim Harrison . And David Duchovny.
Jan 1, 2026
To be sober or something sober-ish in 2026.
Dec 30, 2025
20 min read
The Best Days of 2025, as told by Small Bow readers
Dec 28, 2025
13 min read
The art of comparing and despairing. Check-In prompts. Louise Glück.
Dec 26, 2025
“I have let go of many things but wonder what fears remain. What do I hold on to for protection that is actually imprisoning me?”
Dec 23, 2025
5 min read
A writing prompt to help you reflect.
Dec 21, 2025
Ben Gaffaney on time, escaping.
Dec 19, 2025
The most popular essays from a year that definitely happened, and is, I promise you, almost over.
Dec 16, 2025
“Being alive, that’s the best thing about being in recovery.”
Dec 14, 2025
9 min read
Updates on the changes to our newsletter platform. Plus the usual Sunday recovery rundown.
Dec 12, 2025
8 min read
TSB’s Poet Laureate Club returns. This month’s poet: Sydney Lea.
