This week’s episode is all about essays! From nature writing, to reviews and criticism, to personal reflections and familiar essays, this form offers something for everyone. In this episode, we share our thoughts and experiences, including our go-to varieties and favorite examples. What are yours?

Shownotes

Books

* The Woman in Black, by Susan Hill

* Suttree, by Cormac McCarthy

* We Solve Murders, by Richard Osman

* The Thursday Murder Club, by Richard Osman

* Herscht 07769, by László Krasznahorkai, translated by Ottilie Mulzet

* The Emporium: A Health Resort Horror Story, by Olga Tokarczuk, translated by Antonia Lloyd-Jones

* Any Person Is the Only Self, by Elisa Gabbert

* The Unreality of Memory, by Elisa Gabbert

* Ex Libris: Confessions of a Common Reader, by Anne Fadiman

* At Large and At Small: Familiar Essays, by Anne Fadiman

* Rereadings: Seventeen Writers Revisit Books They Love, edited by Anne Fadiman

* Unfinished Business: Notes of a Chronic Re-Reader, by Viviane Gornick

* Slouching Towards Bethlehem, by Joan Didion

* The Empathy Exams, by Leslie Jamison

* Make It Scream, Make It Burn, by Leslie Jamison

* The Hall of Uselessness, by Simon Leys

* Miss MacIntosh, My Darling, by Marguerite Young

* The Death of Napoleon, by Simon Leys

* The Hour of Land: A Personal Topography of America’s National Parks, by Terry Tempest Williams

* When Women Were Birds: Fifty-four Variations on Voice, by Terry Tempest Williams

* Erosion, by Terry Tempest Williams

* Finding Beauty in a Broken World, by Terry Tempest Williams

* The Wild Places, by Robert Macfarlane

* Leap, by Terry Tempest Williams

* Red: Passion and Patience in the Desert, by Terry Tempest Williams

* The Collected Essays of Elizabeth Hardwick

* The Uncollected Essays of Elizabeth Hardwick

* Seduction and Betrayal, by Elizabeth Hardwick

* The Fun Stuff, by James Wood

* Widening the Skirts of Light, by Rohan Maitzen

* Feel Free, by Zadi Smith

* On Beauty, by Zadie Smith

* On Beauty and Being Just, by Elaine Scarry

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