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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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Paul Crenshaw
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Red House, Blue House
A Fictional Essay
Sep 26
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No Context Things Jenn Has Said #2
For a long time I’ve written down overheard snatches of conversation that I found funny or interesting or weird.
Sep 24
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Happy Birthday to This We'll Defend
This week my second book, This We’ll Defend, turns six.
Sep 21
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Paul Crenshaw
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Ways of Being
For the last few years before my grandmother retired, my grandfather drove her to work every morning.
Sep 17
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Some Prompts For Your AI
Tell it to write from the heart it doesn’t have, somewhere near the point blood begins to circulate throughout the body.
Sep 12
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Flying and Falling
A few days ago, sitting outside after work as I have taken to doing, I found a butterfly with a broken wing in our yard.
Sep 5
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The World We Want
Last Sunday Jenn and I went to Fidpic, a fiddle and guitar picking festival just down the street from our house, in a little shaded park on the edge of…
Aug 29
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Say Gay
When I was seventeen I came home one Saturday night to find my brother Wesley prank-calling a local preacher.
Aug 22
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Love's Austere and Lonely Offices
I woke this morning thinking about the phrase “love’s austere and lonely offices” from Robert Hayden’s poem “Those Winter Sundays.” I had been dreaming…
Aug 19
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My Anniversary
Today it’s been two years since I’ve had a drink of alcohol.
Aug 15
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Michael, Part Three
Michael called Jenn yesterday to ask for help.
Aug 12
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