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Michael Fisher

The Costs Aren’t Worth It: Open Schools

I’m flying for the first time in eight months. Everyone on this United flight wears a mask, but everything else is as I remember. Prior to…

6 min readOct 23, 2020

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Michael Fisher

Should I Stay or Should I Go? The Memorial Day Weekend Dilemma

In the time of coronavirus, I listen to Dharma talks Zoom’ed from the San Francisco Zen Center. This past Sunday, Jiryu from Green Gulch…

5 min readMay 21, 2020

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Should I Stay or Should I Go? The Memorial Day Weekend Dilemma

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Michael Fisher

A Troubled Season of Love

Swaddled in comfort, we stood there waiting. The high sun cast over thousands of faces, lines stretched as far as the eye could see. This…

8 min readJul 21, 2017

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A Troubled Season of Love

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Michael Fisher

Questions of travel

She couldn’t lose control. Even dishes needed to be moved in my sink. “Why?” I wanted to ask. I kept holding my tongue. I couldn’t lose…

7 min readApr 21, 2017

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Michael Fisher

I just wanted pancakes

The exercise of free will can be a messy business.

4 min readMar 26, 2017

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I just wanted pancakes

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Michael Fisher

A strategy beyond marching

These are signs of America in distress:

5 min readJan 25, 2017

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A strategy beyond marching

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Michael Fisher

An answer to anger

This poster hangs outside the room I work in. I passed by it many times before the election, but since then it has taken on new meaning.

11 min readNov 16, 2016

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An answer to anger

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Michael Fisher

On Politics and Privilege

It’s a warm night, the kind of October warmth that only graces great American cities in uncertain climate times.

16 min readOct 28, 2016

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On Politics and Privilege

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Michael Fisher

The prospects of precarity, redux

Standing in IKEA, questioning significance. The jokes on me kept coming. From Buddhism to bust. Zen and the art of futon shopping. Which…

5 min readSep 9, 2016

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The prospects of precarity, redux

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Michael Fisher

Ego Relaxation Training

I was probably bound to confuse Buddhism with another form of self-improvement.

11 min readAug 26, 2016

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Ego Relaxation Training

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Michael Fisher

Michael Fisher

Writer, teacher, recovering academic. After finishing my PhD in American history, I moved to San Francisco in 2016. This blog tells the story.

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