Essays

An essay is a piece of writing which is often written from an author's personal point of view. Essays can consist of a number of elements, including: literary criticism, political manifestos, learned arguments, observations of daily life, recollections, and reflections of the author. The definition of an essay is vague, overlapping with those of an article and a short story. Almost all modern essays are written in prose, but works in verse have been dubbed essays (e.g. Alexander Pope's An Essay on Criticism and An Essay on Man). While brevity usually defines an essay, voluminous works like Joh ...more

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Talking Classics: The Shock of the Old
Attention: Writing on Life, Art and the World
The Best Dog in the World: Essays on Love
Adult Braces: Driving Myself Sane
Delusions: Of Grandeur, of Romance, of Progress
Good Woman: A Reckoning
The Glorians: Visitations from the Holy Ordinary
The Beginning Comes After the End: Notes on a World of Change
Trace Elements: Conversations on the Project of Science Fiction and Fantasy
Anywhere Else: Essays on Florida
One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This
That's a Great Question, I'd Love to Tell You
The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World
The Anthropocene Reviewed: Essays on a Human-Centered Planet
A World Appears: A Journey into Consciousness
Big Dumb Eyes: Stories from a Simpler Mind
How to Be Okay When Nothing Is Okay
The Greatest Sentence Ever Written
The Best Dog in the World: Essays on Love
Bread of Angels: A Memoir
Girl on Girl: How Pop Culture Turned a Generation of Women Against Themselves
Yearbook
These Precious Days: Essays
Dear Dolly
The Comfort Book
Bad Feminist
Slouching Towards Bethlehem
A Room of One’s Own
We Should All Be Feminists
Trick Mirror: Reflections on Self-Delusion
Me Talk Pretty One Day
Men Explain Things to Me
The Anthropocene Reviewed: Essays on a Human-Centered Planet
Consider the Lobster and Other Essays
The Fire Next Time (Vintage International)
The White Album
A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again:  Essays and Arguments
Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches
Upstream: Selected Essays
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