The Junction of my passions: teaching and learning, history and politics, podcasting and parenting, creating and caring. Occasionally woo.
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Hope, Moxie, Morricone
Every quarter, The Junction takes a little detour into the world of new music to share some of the albums that have caught my ear (check out Q1 and Q2 of 2026). Distracted by other, though no less important, matters, I’m a little late to th...
My To-Do List Will Outdo Me
Oliver Burkeman is the bestselling author of Four Thousand Weeks, The Antidote and Meditations for Mortals. I first encountered him a couple years ago on one of my favorite podcasts, 10% Happier with . Their discussion shook me, in the best...
Potsie and the Pazzi
The following is, I hope, the most absurd thing I’ve posted on Substack. The fact that this post follows a moving exploration of Arthur Sze’s poem First Snow is either a testament to the fearless breadth of The Junction or a perfect reason...
First Snow
Please enjoy this excerpt of my conversation with Joshua Weiner about Arthur Sze’s poem, “First Snow.” Joshua is a poet and a professor of English and Creative Writing in the MFA program at the University of Maryland. For years, he has been...
Neither Snow Nor Rain Nor Tangerine Palpatine
In January 2024, I penned a post predicting that Joe Biden would ditch his ambitions for a second term, writing:
“Soon after Super Tuesday, the Tangerine Palpatine will effectively secure the Republican nomination—again revealing not just...
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