Witness the poignant farewell to a grandmother’s home in ‘The Here and Now.’ Explore the impact of memory amid demolition, weaving a tale of legacy and presence.
Join the author on a thought-provoking train ride from Boston to Rockport. This essay delves into the nuances of travel – the diverse passengers, the changing landscapes, and the introspective ...
Explore the captivating dance of nature in this poignant essay.
“We should stop using the term ‘bullet points.’” Erin Murphy offers life lessons on cherry blossoms, Gwyneth Paltrow, gun violence, and more.
“At Nowhere Lake, all was abandoned as if in midsentence.” Today’s #EssaySaturday USA is “Nowhere Lake” by Anita Kestin.
Historians say Nero did not set a fire; whether he was fiddling or not I do not know. It seems to me sometimes that America is figuratively burning, and at ...
He has no recollection of Abba jee, my grandfather; he met him only once when he was barely three. But he has inherited the fear I have long harboured in ...
Third place winner of The Art of Reflection Competition 2022
Photo by Steve Rainwater.
King of the Hill, Mike Judge’s animated TV series from the late 1990s and early 2000s, was set ...
A story of how a peak moment for me as a parent was marred by an act of domestic terror committed by a neo-Nazi and white supremacist.
A writer arrives at the definition of home through her journeys around Nigeria.
Long ago, in the days of banana seats and handlebar fringe, I rode all over town.
I used to try to recreate the particulars of that day in my mind. Here’s what I’ve been told: my mother in the hospital, alone. My grandparents waiting in the ...
In the distance, if you listen closely, you can hear the quiet footsteps of Those That Came Before. Descended from warriors, they silently crossed the threshold of the Door of ...
Knitting a woolen pullover for a tank…yes, it was a political statement, an anti-war statement. It made the tank look ridiculous.
I had been sneaking strawberry fruit roll-ups, unwrapping them quickly and rolling the red sheets up into mounds that I would hold in my cheek, jamming the wrappers into the ...
A new award for essay writing with a £15, 000 first prize has been announced. Named in honour of the master of the English essay, the William Hazlitt Essay Prize ...
Today we find out whether you are the one to be with us or not. It has been a terrible few days, full of worry and anxiety. I have hummed ...
The understanding I have of my grandparent’s lives is fake. It comes to me in Chinese whispers from biased observers. It sloshes around in my imagination until it seems to ...
Tara Isabella Burton on her search for a sense for belonging and an elegy for a rapidly disappearing city: “One of Saakashvili’s new visa schemes attracts Iranian tourists, enticing them ...
