Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Thanks for starting this thread. I just tagged the following essay collections on Libby. Will report back:

The Givenness of Things, by Marilynnne Robinson

Farther Away, by Jonathan Franzen

Upstream, by Mary Oliver

Awful writer. Best avoided.

What? She is one of the best of her generation. NP

tim kreider has some really good collections of essays

Some are a blend of cartoons and essays, I particularly like "The Pain -- When Will It End?" and "We Learn Nothing"

I also love reading Mimi Smartypants
https://mimismartypants.com

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Thanks for starting this thread. I just tagged the following essay collections on Libby. Will report back:

The Givenness of Things, by Marilynnne Robinson

Farther Away, by Jonathan Franzen

Upstream, by Mary Oliver

Awful writer. Best avoided.

What??? I love Marilynne Robinson's novels.

Read Roald Dahl's short stories if you want quality

Anonymous wrote:Margaret Atwood

omg no. Hsndmaid's tale was brilliant but she just lost it over Trump and subsequent books and essays are not worth reading. No, I'm not Trumper but an intellectual with broad reading habits. And she's Canadian. She's lost all credibility within academia

Anonymous wrote:Thanks for starting this thread. I just tagged the following essay collections on Libby. Will report back:

The Givenness of Things, by Marilynnne Robinson

Farther Away, by Jonathan Franzen

Upstream, by Mary Oliver

Awful writer. Best avoided.

Lindy West

(and yes indeed to the EB White recommendation)

Thanks for starting this thread. I just tagged the following essay collections on Libby. Will report back:

The Givenness of Things, by Marilynnne Robinson

Farther Away, by Jonathan Franzen

Upstream, by Mary Oliver

E.B. White's essays are an absolute treat.

I highly recommend One Man's Meat or Essays of E.B. White.

Ta-Nehisi Coates

I would order a couple of years worth of BAE.

Here is 2024: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=best+american+essays+2024&hvadid=697409046471&hvdev=c&hvexpln=67&hvlocphy=9008156&hvnetw=g&hvocijid=8628666339101722208--&hvqmt=e&hvrand=8628666339101722208&hvtargid=kwd-2300447164525&hydadcr=10025_13483853&tag=googhydr-20&ref=pd_sl_6ckoc5q89d_e_p67

Here is 2023: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=the+best+american+essays+2023&hvadid=695420802438&hvdev=c&hvexpln=67&hvlocphy=9008156&hvnetw=g&hvocijid=11462004991620351274--&hvqmt=e&hvrand=11462004991620351274&hvtargid=kwd-2187981323000&hydadcr=22569_13493349&tag=googhydr-20&ref=pd_sl_1pktn90e0g_e_p67

Margaret Atwood

Jia Tolentino

Michel de Montaigne

I'm finding that I really enjoy reading essays. I've read collections by Ann Patchett, Rebecca Solnit, James Baldwin, Roxane Gay, Mary Beard, and Anne Fadiman. I just started Edwidge Danticat's new collection which is fabulous. Any other suggestions for essayists to seek out?