Jeannette Cooperman and John Griswold, both staff writers for The Common Reader, the journal of essays and ideas housed at Washington...
11 months ago

Robert Atwan's favorite literary genre is the essay. As editor and founder of The Best American Essays series, Atwan has read thousands of...
142 months ago

On Nov. 1, Harper Collins released the most recent edition of their annual “Best American Essays” series, which honors the years' best works...
22 months ago

JES Scholar-in-Residence Dr. Andrew Roth discusses Joan Didion's The White Album.
53 months ago

Jill Sisson Quinn's essay “Big Night,”originally published in New England Review, was selected for inclusion in Houghton Mifflin's Best American Essays 2016.
93 months ago

Associate Professor Jabari Asim was honored this week to learn that his essay, Getting It Twisted, is included in The Best American Essays 2019 anthology.
60 months ago

Robert Atwan, the founder of The Best American Essays series, picks the 10 best essays of the postwar period. Links to the essays are provided when available.
143 months ago

“If creativity is about power to create something from nothing, then believing in impossible things is its most critical component.”
35 months ago

An essay by Paul Crenshaw, assistant professor of English, was picked as one of the top essays featured in magazines, journals and websites this year.
101 months ago

When Associate Professor Jabari Asim received a call from the editor of “Best American Essays” congratulating him on earning a spot in their...
59 months ago