A Brief History of the Political Essay
From Swift to Woolf, David Bromwich Considers an Evolving Genre
By David Bromwich | October 22, 2020
Tim O’Brien recited poetry to himself to get through the war.
By Jonny Diamond | October 21, 2020
Where Do Reading Lists Come From? (And Why Do We Love Them?)
By William Germano and Kit Nicholls | October 21, 2020
On Voting: It's Always the Most Important Election of Your Life
By Todd Gitlin | October 21, 2020
Cheap Writing Surfaces and Medieval Bureaucracy Helped Popularize the Alphabet
Judith Flanders Explains Why the Alphabet Was Used on a Whim
By Judith Flanders | October 21, 2020
