The word essay derives from the title of a 1580 collection of writings by the Frenchman Michel de Montaigne. In his Essays, Montaigne set down his thoughts on whatever subject snared his ...

When you purchase an independently reviewed book through our site, we earn an affiliate commission. CRAFT IN THE REAL WORLD Rethinking Fiction Writing and Workshopping By Matthew Salesses The United ...

Indulge me and say the following out loud: Students should read fewer books and write less expository prose. Did that feel right? I doubt it. But that’s the message the National Council of Teachers of ...

Vauhini Vara consulted ChatGPT to help craft her new book, “Searches.” But the most moving sections are the ones she wrote herself. The resulting essay, “Ghosts,” was published in August, 2021, by The ...

MAYBE THE PEOPLE WOULD BE THE TIMES By Luc Sante 328 pp. Verse Chorus. Paper, $19.95. Image Sante’s collection of essays is a cabinet of curiosities, filled with the dark, the curious, the marvelous, ...