Mary Frances Kennedy Fisher was a nice, privately-educated girl from California. Then she went to Europe and her […]
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Since 2009, when Speaking in Tongues was first published, I’ve read it probably about 20 times. Zadie Smith’s essays […]
In my mind Susan Orlean and Malcolm Gladwell are the power couple of narrative nonfiction. I am not […]
On Monday 24 June, the Manchester Waterstones hosted one of my absolutely heroes: David Sedaris. In fact, Sedaris […]
Cynthia Ozick’s A Drugstore in Winter Eudora Welty’s A Sweet Devouring I didn’t intend to review two essays for […]
When considering the best essayists from across the Atlantic, a number of names come to mind. David Sedaris […]
This week, we’re launching the Considering series, a place to focus on one particularly amazing essay or short […]
This post was submitted by Dan Toller, of the excellent The Electric Typewriter archive. Thanks, Dan! I saw Fear […]
The other night, I was out with a friend who, like me, loves Beyoncé. We were engaged in […]
A writing teacher introduced me to Quammen by handing me an essay entitled, Synecdoche and the Trout. It’s […]