Steven Petrow's Substack
STEVEN PETROWBrother, uncle, writer, dog dad\ud83d\udc36. Thoughts and musings from the author of “The Joy You Make" and “Stupid Things I Won't Do When I Get Old."
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We’re living at the crossroads of the past and the future…
I first moved to Hillsborough, North Carolina in 2012—a town of just over 9,000, down the road from Durham (home of Duke University) and Chapel Hill (hello, UNC). We’re small potatoes but we do have a couple of claims to fame. The town was...
25 years...
It’s hard to believe it’s been 25 years. I’m traveling by happenstance today, and it makes the memories of what happened on 9/11 that much more real. Reflecting today on the nearly 3,000 people who we lost on that day, the thousands more wh...
I should probably be working on a book titled, “What Would Dolly Do?”
I should probably be working on a book titled, “What Would Dolly Do?”
But for now, let’s just listen to this woman with common-sense and a damn big-heart.
“If you’re gay, you’re gay.
If you’re straight, you’re straight.
And you should...
September 5, 2026
I’m taking a break this weekend and hope you will, too. For now, a taste of fall from the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina.
“No spring nor summer beauty hath such grace as I have seen in one autumnal face.”
—John Donne, “The Autumna...
A very personal essay about my sister and why she chose medically assisted death
Dear Friends,
Over the weekend, The Washington Post published my column titled, “I lost my sister to cancer. Here’s what I learned about medically assisted death.” It’s obviously a very personal choice of topic for me and yet one that Juli...
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Brother, uncle, writer, dog dad\ud83d\udc36 Author of “The Joy You Make" and “Stupid Things I Won't Do When I Get Old" and columnist for USA Today, The Washington Post, and more. NC Piedmont Laureate.
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