List: Personal Essays | Curated by Andy Spears

Oct 31, 2024
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Personal Essays
Andy Spears
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Black Bear
From a Job Offer in a Bourbon Lounge to Sleeping in a CarOr: From heaven to hell in under a year
Oct 31
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Oct 31
8
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The Memoirist
His Eye is on The SparrowBut no one is minding the store
Aug 26, 2023
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Aug 26, 2023
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The Memoirist
What I Discovered in the Principal’s OfficeA pain that still stings today
Oct 25
15
Oct 25
15
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The Maze
The Most Interesting Question I’ve Ever Been Asked on a First DateIt was something I’d pondered before
Oct 8
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Oct 8
16
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Disturbing Stories About BirdsA pair of haunting tales for Spooky Season
Oct 4
3
Oct 4
3
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Sleeping in Cars and Reading Ghostly MagazinesA month of mixed memories
Oct 1
3
Oct 1
3
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In Perhaps the Biggest Act of Self-Sabotage, I Said Nothing7 years of a progressively encroaching hell
Sep 30
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Sep 30
6
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The Maze
A Night When All the Cars Were GreenA childhood summer adventure made possible by an alcoholic haze
Sep 24
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Sep 24
6
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Black Bear
What I Saw at the Top of the Luxury Condo TowerA solution that would only cause more pain
Sep 20
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Sep 20
9
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I’m Not Mad That I Can’t Cancel This SubscriptionPhantom payments sometimes work out
Sep 18
4
Sep 18
4
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The Ghost and the MagazineA subscription paid for in spectral currency
Sep 7
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Sep 7
6
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The Maze
When I Bought My Car, I Didn’t Know I’d be Sleeping in ItLeather seats get very cold in winter
Sep 4
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Sep 4
12
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My Biggest Substack Supporter is a GhostI wasn’t that surprised
Aug 30
7
Aug 30
7
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The Maze
The Best Mexican Food I Ever Ate was Served Without a MargaritaBut did include a heaping basket of hope
Aug 19
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Aug 19
17
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Finding Help in Unlikely PlacesThe first step is actively seeking
Aug 16
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Aug 16
5
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Marriage, Money, Addiction, ForgivenessThe stories that rocked July
Aug 1
3
Aug 1
3
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The Maze
How I Came to Forgive the UnforgivableLearning to love myself in recovery
Jul 25
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Jul 25
11
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What Will You Find in the Bathroom?It might be a pleasant surprise
Jul 21
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Jul 21
3
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Black Bear
My Cat is a Recovery SuperheroHe has mastered radical acceptance
Jul 15
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Jul 15
14
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Black Bear
I Found My Therapist in the Walmart BathroomI couldn’t believe she was there
Jul 10
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Jul 10
15