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wife/daughter/self: a memoir in essays
By Beth Kephart
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In lyrical prose, a writer explores the many disparate parts that make her who she is.
Let Me Tell You What I Mean
By Joan Didion
In this new collection, the famed essayist demonstrates her longstanding mastery of the form.
In the Land of the Cyclops: Essays
By Karl Ove Knausgaard; translated by Martin Aitken
The provocative Norwegian author ponders the meaning and necessity of art.
Salt Water
By Josep Pla; translated by Peter Bush
There’s a lot to say about fish in Fornells.
What Were We Thinking: A Brief Intellectual History of the Trump Era
By Carlos Lozada
The author has been doing a LOT of reading.
Ahab’s Rolling Sea
By Richard J. King
A fascinating, timely exploration of Melville's (and our) watery world.
Conditional Citizens: On Belonging in America
By Laila Lalami
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An unfocused, ultimately disappointing treatise on “us vs. them.”
Make It Scream, Make It Burn
By Leslie Jamison
Another collection of fearless, closely observed, and — yes — empathetic essays from a master of the form.
