The Discard Pile
Matthew MedendorpShort-form essays about long-form topics, rescued from the purgatory of abandoned drafts
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The Landscape of the American Mall
The day Wendell Berry died, I was at the mall. Or the day after, really. Better to say: the day I learned that Wendell Berry died, I went to the mall. It wasn’t something I arranged that way, it was just coincidence. To mitigate the dissona...
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From a Times piece about reading in New York
In an old interview, Billy Collins was once asked about when he reads poetry.1 His answer was the somewhat sweet, somewhat generational quip that he reads poetry as he waits for his wife to get...
Making Eye Contact With Strangers
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There’s a Vonnegut quote I particularly like about going to the post office. I’m not alone here—it’s one of his more famous ones.1 I’ve referenced it in Esquire shopping pieces about fountain pens as a way to tr...
Running Familiar Paths
I’m a reluctant runner. On good weeks, when I’m not training for anything, I make it anywhere from 5-10 miles. I usually do so grudgingly, occasionally with music, almost always without stretching. I know that will come to haunt me in the n...
A Poem for Father's Day
Our son circa 2021 - a few months old and asleep, still bundled up post cross-country skiing expedition
Yesterday was Father’s Day. As a dad, it was my sixth. We went to four innings of a minor league baseball game and spent a small fortun...
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