Vivian Gornick
September 12, 2023
VIVIAN GORNICK, guest editor, is a writer and critic whose work has received two National Book Critics Circle Award nominations....
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The Devil Baby at Hull-House
March 11, 2023
by JANE ADDAMS Featured on: The Best American Essays of the Century Read it: https://mn.gov/mnddc/parallels2/pdf/10s/11/11-the-handicapped-bourne.pdf In “The Devil Baby at Hull-House,” Jane Addams...
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Coatesville
March 11, 2023
by JOHN JAY CHAPMAN Featured on: The Best American Essays of the Century Read it: https://global.oup.com/us/companion.websites/fdscontent/uscompanion/us/static/companion.websites/9780199338863/whittington_updata/ch_8_chapman_coatesville.pdf In his essay “Coatesville,” John Jay Chapman...
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The Handicapped
February 8, 2023
by RANDOLPH BOURNE Featured on: The Best American Essays of the Century Read it: https://mn.gov/mnddc/parallels2/pdf/10s/11/11-the-handicapped-bourne.pdf Essay Review: “The Handicapped” by RANDOLPH BOURNE Randolph Bourne’s...
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The Moral Equivalent of War
February 8, 2023
by WILLIAM JAMES Featured on: The Best American Essays of the Century Read it: https://brocku.ca/MeadProject/James/James_1911_11.html Essay Review: “The Moral Equivalent of War” by WILLIAM...
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Stickeen
February 8, 2023
by JOHN MUIR Featured on: The Best American Essays of the Century Read it: http://vault.sierraclub.org/john_muir_exhibit/writings/stickeen/the_story_of_a_dog.aspx Essay Review: “Stickeen” by JOHN MUIR John Muir’s “Stickeen”...
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A Law of Acceleration
February 8, 2023
by HENRY ADAMS Featured on: The Best American Essays of the Century Read it: https://www.bartleby.com/159/34.html Essay Review: “A Law of Acceleration” by HENRY ADAMS...
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Of the Coming of John
February 8, 2023
by W.E.B. DU BOIS Featured on: The Best American Essays of the Century Read it: https://www.bartleby.com/114/13.html Essay Review: “Of the Coming of John” by...
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Corn-pone Opinions
February 8, 2023
by MARK TWAIN The Best American Essays of the Century Read it: http://www.paulgraham.com/cornpone.html Essay Review: “Corn-pone Opinions” by MARK TWAIN Mark Twain’s “Corn-pone...
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China Still Lifes
May 22, 2022
by William Gass from House & Garden / The Best American Essays 1986 Read at: https://openlibrary.org/works/OL15834798W/The_Best_American_essays_1986
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