The Declining Academic

My personal Substack

Notes from a street in an American boomtown

Writings of uncertain authenticity.

A newsletter connecting the past and present of American politics from a historian who has written extensively about civil rights, religious nationalism and modern conservatism.

The Maintainers is a global research and action network dedicated to the study of maintenance, repair, infrastructure, and care.

For people who do language. Writing saved my life—so I teach writing as if it might save yours.

A place for the outlaws of poetry and the written word.

A series on rebuilding a life and a writing practice after leaving academe.

Cozy essays about walks through real and imagined landscapes, searching for wonder while making room for the melancholy and bittersweet found along the way.

A newsletter about the history behind today's politics.

Dan Shafer's award-winning political opinion column and online publication on the discombobulating politics of Milwaukee and Wisconsin. The Recombobulation Area is part of the Civic Media network.

Every weekday, two hours of music that's perfect for working (no vocals).