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Ryan Frawley

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Scar is a powerful meditation on death, love, loss, identity, family and the terrifying ecstasy of madness.

2011

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My Best Articles of 2021

A completely subjective, biased, opinionated list

Jan 16, 2022

My Best Articles of 2021

Jan 16, 2022

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My Best Articles of 2020

Stories from a static year

Jan 4, 2021

My Best Articles of 2020

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Grizzly Bears, Rituals, and the Wilderness of Your True Home

Photographing grizzlies in British Columbia, Canada

3d ago

A grizzley bear by the water

3d ago

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The Devouring Sea and the Nothing We Leave Behind

There’s no legacy when change is the only law

4d ago

A sandy beach with small white waves on a blue sea.

4d ago

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The Memoirist

Squashing the Cockroach: I’m Going No-Contact With My Mom

Turns out, emotional pest control is a Thing

5d ago

Squashing the Cockroach: I’m Going No-Contact With My Mom

5d ago

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In a Cruel World, Where Does Mercy Come From?

On cormorants and kindness

Jun 4

A cormorant spreading its wings, perched on a stone in a lake.

Jun 4

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Lessons in Living From Those With Nothing

We should all envy these trashcan lives

Jun 4

A man sits alone in front of bright red wall, opening a bottle.

Jun 4

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In a Dying Seaside Town, You Learn To Let the Light In

Old friends, bad hotels, and the end of love

May 17

Old hotel with broken window and pigeon sitting on the glass.

May 17

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Hiking the Great Silence of Canada’s Rocky Mountains

We always bring fire down from the mountain.

May 16

Hiking the Great Silence of Canada’s Rocky Mountains

May 16

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VE Day and the End of Memory

We still leave flowers, but for how much longer?

May 14

VE Day and the End of Memory

May 14

Ryan Frawley

Ryan Frawley

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Novelist. Essayist. Former entomologist. Now a full-time writer exploring travel, art, philosophy, psychology, and science. www.ryanfrawley.com

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