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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 • Paul Crenshaw
Things We Should Be Using AI For
a very short list
Feb 10 • Paul Crenshaw
History and the Moral Arc of the Universe
Nothing New Under the Sun
Feb 6 • Paul Crenshaw
Writing Exercises in the Shape of an Essay
**Please forgive the cross post.
Feb 3 • Paul Crenshaw
They’re Eating the Dogs
On the trickle-down effects of hateful rhetoric
Jan 29 • Paul Crenshaw
Some Light in January
Three short essays of hope
Jan 23 • Paul Crenshaw
What We Have In Common
Call it the heartache of being human, or the sorrow of our certain demise.
Jan 16 • Paul Crenshaw
Diagnosis
**NOTE: Kelly Thompson TNWWY was kind enough to reprint my essay “Diagnosis” on The W(Hole).
Jan 13 • Paul Crenshaw and Kelly Thompson TNWWY
The Poet
It rained hard this morning at work.
Jan 9 • Paul Crenshaw
Just Once I'd Like to Wake Up
Without worry the world will be at war in the morning.
Jan 6 • Paul Crenshaw
A Few Rules For The New Year
Call them resolutions, maybe.
Jan 2 • Paul Crenshaw
The Year We Kept Going
I don’t like to leave a preamble too often, so let me just say it’s been a tough year.
Dec 30, 2025 • Paul Crenshaw
Melt With Me
Melt With Me
Essays on kindness, pop culture, and occasionally poop. Cancer survivor x2. Father of awesome daughters. Four-time Best American Essayist.
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