This week’s episode is all about essays! From nature writing, to reviews and criticism, to personal reflections and familiar essays, this form offers something for everyone. In this episode, we share our thoughts and experiences, including our go-to varieties and favorite examples. What are yours?
Shownotes
Books
The Woman in Black, by Susan Hill
Suttree, by Cormac McCarthy
We Solve Murders, by Richard Osman
The Thursday Murder Club, by Richard Osman
Herscht 07769, by László Krasznahorkai, translated by Ottilie Mulzet
The Emporium: A Health Resort Horror Story, by Olga Tokarczuk, translated by Antonia Lloyd-Jones
Any Person Is the Only Self, by Elisa Gabbert
The Unreality of Memory, by Elisa Gabbert
Ex Libris: Confessions of a Common Reader, by Anne Fadiman
At Large and At Small: Familiar Essays, by Anne Fadiman
Rereadings: Seventeen Writers Revisit Books They Love, edited by Anne Fadiman
Unfinished Business: Notes of a Chronic Re-Reader, by Viviane Gornick
Slouching Towards Bethlehem, by Joan Didion
The Empathy Exams, by Leslie Jamison
Make It Scream, Make It Burn, by Leslie Jamison
The Hall of Uselessness, by Simon Leys
Miss MacIntosh, My Darling, by Marguerite Young
The Death of Napoleon, by Simon Leys
The Hour of Land: A Personal Topography of America’s National Parks, by Terry Tempest Williams
When Women Were Birds: Fifty-four Variations on Voice, by Terry Tempest Williams
Erosion, by Terry Tempest Williams
Finding Beauty in a Broken World, by Terry Tempest Williams
The Wild Places, by Robert Macfarlane
Leap, by Terry Tempest Williams
Red: Passion and Patience in the Desert, by Terry Tempest Williams
The Collected Essays of Elizabeth Hardwick
The Uncollected Essays of Elizabeth Hardwick
Seduction and Betrayal, by Elizabeth Hardwick
The Fun Stuff, by James Wood
Widening the Skirts of Light, by Rohan Maitzen
Feel Free, by Zadi Smith
On Beauty, by Zadie Smith
On Beauty and Being Just, by Elaine Scarry
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Episode 90: Essays, Part I