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The Best Picture He Ever Saw by Ian Jack (2004)

The Information by Adam Gopnik (2011)

I Remember, I Remember by Mary Ruefle (2012)

An essay about a famous photo from 9/11.

An essay about Fred Rogers, inspiring the film 'A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood'.

You’ve Heard This One Before by Andrea Long Chu (2021)

Putting Myself Together by Jamaica Kincaid (1995)

The Bathroom by Zadie Smith (2018)

Audio recording of an essay by Emilie Pine from her book 'Notes To Self'. An essay about her experience of trying to have a baby and not being able to. Photo of Emilie Pine in thumbnail by Antonio Olmos/The Observer

Audio recording of an essay by Virginia Woolf. An essay about walking the streets of London, imagining different lives. Here is a link to the essay: talkcurriculum.files.wordpress.com/2015/01/woolf_virginia_1927_street_haunting.pdf

Audio recording of an essay by Joan Didion. An essay about California in the 60s. It's hard to explain the point of this essay, which is kind of the point. Didion can’t make sense of things herself. Here is a link to the essay: www.reachcambridge.com/wp-content/uploads/Friday-5th-August-Afternoon-Session-Oversharing-Joan-Didion-The-White-Album.pdf Photo of Joan Didion in thumbnail by Kathleen B...

Audio recording of an essay by Joan Didion. Here is a link to the essay: pdf-objects.com/files/00-On-Keeping-a-Notebook.pdf Photo of Joan Didion in thumbnail by Kathleen Ballard, Los Angeles Times - digital.library.ucla.edu/catalog/ark:/21198/zz0002w3wq, CC BY 4.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=128750039

Audio recording of an essay by Annie Dillard. An essay on seeing a total eclipse. Here is a link to the essay: www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2017/08/annie-dillards-total-eclipse/536148/ Photo in thumbnail of Annie Dillard by Phyllis Rose - Annie Dillard's Official Website, GFDL, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=17512680 Photo of eclipse in video by Jon Olav Nesvold / Stringer / Get...

Audio recording of an essay by Phillip Lopate. An essay on his distaste for the idea of constant joy in life, attacking, among other things, dinner parties and the call to ‘be present’. Photo in thumbnail of Phillip Lopate by University of Houston Digital Library - digital.lib.uh.edu/u?/p15195coll6,419, Public Domain, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=19804423

Split at the Root: An Essay on Jewish Identity by Adrienne Rich (1982)

Air Guitar by Dave Hickey (1997)

Why I Write by George Orwell (1946)

How Tracy Austin Broke My Heart by David Foster Wallace (1994)

The Story of My Life in 3,500 Words or Less by Nora Ephron (2006)

Thomas Nagel on the absurdity of life (1971)

On Self-Respect by Joan Didion (1961)

Goodbye To All That by Joan Didion (1967)