Essay

Essay

An essay is, generally, a piece of writing that gives the author's own argument — but the definition is vague, overlapping with those of a paper, an article, a pamphlet, and a short story. Essays have traditionally been sub-classified as formal and informal.

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Give War a Chance

Give War a Chance

Book by P. J. O'Rourke

The Kandy-Kolored Tangerine-Flake Streamline Baby

The Kandy-Kolored Tangerine-Flake Streamline Baby

Book by Tom Wolfe

The Man of Forty Crowns

The Man of Forty Crowns

Book by Voltaire

Directions to Servants

Directions to Servants

Book by Jonathan Swift

When You Are Engulfed in Flames

When You Are Engulfed in Flames

Book by David Sedaris

Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim

Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim

Book by David Sedaris

Fuselfieber

Fuselfieber

Book by David Sedaris

More Notes of a Dirty Old Man

More Notes of a Dirty Old Man

Book by Charles Bukowski

Pulphead

Pulphead

Book by John Jeremiah Sullivan

Dinosaur in a Haystack: Reflections in Natural History

Dinosaur in a Haystack: Reflections in Natural History

Book by Stephen Jay Gould

Democracy in America

Democracy in America

Book by Alexis de Tocqueville

Hen's Teeth and Horse's Toes: Further . . .

Hen's Teeth and Horse's Toes: Further . . .

Book by Stephen Jay Gould

Backlash: The Undeclared War Against . . .

Backlash: The Undeclared War Against . . .

Book by Susan Faludi

A Cooperative Species: Human Reciprocity and Its Evolution

A Cooperative Species: Human Reciprocity and Its Evolution

Book by Herbert Gintis and Samuel Bowles

Hen's Teeth and Horse's Toes: Further Reflections in Natural History

Hen's Teeth and Horse's Toes: Further Reflections in Natural History

Book by Stephen Jay Gould

The Fabric of Reality: The Science of Parallel Universes and Its Implications

The Fabric of Reality: The Science of Parallel Universes and Its Implications

Book by David Deutsch

An Urchin in the Storm: Essays About Books . . .

An Urchin in the Storm: Essays About Books . . .

Book by Stephen Jay Gould

An Urchin in the Storm: Essays About Books and Ideas

An Urchin in the Storm: Essays About Books and Ideas

Book by Stephen Jay Gould

Eight Little Piggies: Reflections in . . .

Eight Little Piggies: Reflections in . . .

Book by Stephen Jay Gould

The Dragons of Eden

The Dragons of Eden

Book by Carl Sagan

Colm Tóibín

Colm Tóibín

Chancellor of the University of Liverpool

Machete Season: The Killers in Rwanda Speak

Machete Season: The Killers in Rwanda Speak

Book by Jean Hatzfeld

Christian Bobin

Christian Bobin

French author

The War Against Cliché: Essays and Reviews, 1971-2000

The War Against Cliché: Essays and Reviews, 1971-2000

Book by Martin Amis

The Spell of Conan

The Spell of Conan

Book by L. Sprague de Camp

The Book of Fritz Leiber

The Book of Fritz Leiber


The Second Book of Fritz Leiber

The Second Book of Fritz Leiber


Slouching Towards Bethlehem

Slouching Towards Bethlehem

Book by Joan Didion

Decline of the English Murder

Decline of the English Murder

Essay by George Orwell

The Evidence of Things Not Seen

The Evidence of Things Not Seen

Book by James Baldwin

My New Life as a Cat

My New Life as a Cat

Manga series

François de La Rochefoucauld

François de La Rochefoucauld

French author

Alberto Masferrer

Alberto Masferrer

Salvadoran essayist

Robert Fulghum

Robert Fulghum

American author

Mikki Kendall

Mikki Kendall

Author

Jun'ichirō Tanizaki

Jun'ichirō Tanizaki

Japanese author

Antonio Moresco

Antonio Moresco

Italian writer

Amy Cheung

Amy Cheung

Model

Zamenga Batukezanga

Zamenga Batukezanga

Congolese writer

Ben Okri

Ben Okri

Nigerian poet

Jamaica Kincaid

Jamaica Kincaid

American-Antiguan novelist

Ottessa Moshfegh

Ottessa Moshfegh

American author

Phillip Lopate

Phillip Lopate

American film critic

Lindsay Ellis

Lindsay Ellis

American author

André Breton

André Breton

French writer

Considerations on the Causes of the Greatness . . .

Considerations on the Causes of the Greatness . . .

Book by Montesquieu

David Sedaris

David Sedaris

American humorist

To Write Like a Woman

To Write Like a Woman

Book by Joanna Russ

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