“It’s Hard Out Here for a Memoirist” by Jerald Walker. First published in Prairie Schooner 97.1, Spring, 2023. Featured in: The Best American...

“The Lives of Bryan” by Jennifer Sinor. First published in The American Scholar, Summer, 2023. Featured in: The Best American Essays 2024 Read...

“Mere Belief” by Sallie Tisdale. First published in Harper’s Magazine, November, 2023. Featured in: The Best American Essays 2024 Read at: https://harpers.org/archive/2023/11/mere-belief/

“Reframing Vermeer” by Teju Cole. First published in New York Times Magazine, May 28, 2023. Featured in: The Best American Essays 2024 Read...

“Jenisha from Kentucky” by Jenisha Watts. First published in The Atlantic, September 13, 2023. Featured in: The Best American Essays 2024 Read at:...

by Tom Wolfe from Popular Mechanics / The Best American Essays 1987 Read at: https://openlibrary.org/works/OL3748224W/The_Best_American_Essays_1987

by Geoffrey C. Ward from Audubon / The Best American Essays 1987 Read at: https://openlibrary.org/works/OL3748224W/The_Best_American_Essays_1987

by Calvin Trillin from The New Yorker / The Best American Essays 1987 Read at:  https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1986/01/06/rumors-around-town https://openlibrary.org/works/OL3748224W/The_Best_American_Essays_1987

by Robert Stone from Harper’s Magazine / The Best American Essays 1987 Read at:  https://harpers.org/archive/1986/12/a-higher-horror-of-the-whiteness-cocaines-coloring-of-the-american-psyche/ https://openlibrary.org/works/OL3748224W/The_Best_American_Essays_1987

by Scott Russell Sanders from The North American Review / The Best American Essays 1987 Read at: https://openlibrary.org/works/OL3748224W/The_Best_American_Essays_1987