# american essay (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 2 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover american essay. Page: Feed: --- ## [The Art & Practice of the Essay: A Generative Workshop](https://bestamericanessays.substack.com/p/the-art-and-practice-of-the-essay-a7e) _2026-08-20 · Best American Essays Editor · Best American Essays Newsletter_ Four consecutive online sessions, September 15-October 6, 2026, 1:00-4:00 pm EST ## [In Memoriam: Getrude Stein](https://bestamericanessays.substack.com/p/in-memoriam-getrude-stein) _2026-07-27 · Robert Atwan · Best American Essays Newsletter_ Born February 3, 1874, Allegheny, PA | Died July 27, 1946, Neuilly-sur-Seine, France ## [Starting from Paterson. Essays by Garret Keizer](https://bestamericanessays.substack.com/p/starting-from-paterson-essays-by) _2026-06-16 · Best American Essays Editor · Best American Essays Newsletter_ Eastover Press, June 2026 ## [Presenting THE BEST AMERICAN ESSAYS 2026](https://bestamericanessays.substack.com/p/presenting-the-best-american-essays) _2026-05-29 · Best American Essays Editor · Best American Essays Newsletter_ Guest edited by M. Gessen ## [In Memoriam: Edward Hoagland](https://bestamericanessays.substack.com/p/in-memoriam-edward-hoagland) _2026-04-01 · Robert Atwan · Best American Essays Newsletter_ Born December 21, 1932, New York, NY | Died February 17, 2026, New York, NY ## [Remembering Baron Wormser](https://bestamericanessays.substack.com/p/remembering-baron-wormser) _2026-02-09 · Best American Essays Editor · Best American Essays Newsletter_ Rachel Basch's "What the Poet Taught Me" published by AGNI online ## [Dreaming of Peace 2025](https://bestamericanessays.substack.com/p/dreaming-of-peace) _2025-11-11 · Best American Essays Editor · Best American Essays Newsletter_ Reading About War ## [Q&A with Jia Tolentino, 2025 Guest Editor](https://bestamericanessays.substack.com/p/q-and-a-with-jia-tolentino-2025-guest) _2025-10-22 · Best American Essays Newsletter_ Bayani Young spoke with Jia Tolentino about her process for selecting this year's best American essays ## [Day 21: "Respect, or the Missing Relation"](https://bestamericanessays.substack.com/p/day-21-respect-or-the-missing-relation) _2025-10-21 · Best American Essays Newsletter_ William Deresiewicz (Liberties, Fall 2024) ## [Day 20: "How to Love Animals"](https://bestamericanessays.substack.com/p/day-20-how-to-love-animals) _2025-10-20 · Best American Essays Newsletter_ Matthew Denton-Edmundson (The Missouri Review, Spring 2024) ## [Meet Claude, the AI assistant (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/AlUpvucY2YY0) _2025-10-20 · **Sponsored**_ Conversational AI to answer questions, brainstorm ideas, and help with tasks. ## [Day 19: "Literature Without Literature"](https://bestamericanessays.substack.com/p/day-19-literature-without-literature) _2025-10-19 · Best American Essays Newsletter_ Christian Lorentzen (Granta, Summer 2024) ## [Day 18: "An Age of Hyperabundance"](https://bestamericanessays.substack.com/p/day-18-an-age-of-hyperabundance) _2025-10-18 · Best American Essays Newsletter_ Laura Preston (n+1, Spring 2024) ## [Day 17: "Within the Pretense of No Pretense"](https://bestamericanessays.substack.com/p/day-17-within-the-pretense-of-no) _2025-10-17 · Best American Essays Newsletter_ Greg Jackson (The Point, Winter 2024) ## [Day 16: "On Boredom"](https://bestamericanessays.substack.com/p/day-16-on-boredom) _2025-10-16 · Best American Essays Newsletter_ Nuar Alsadir (Granta, Spring 2024) ## [Day 15: "Nesting"](https://bestamericanessays.substack.com/p/day-15-nesting) _2025-10-15 · Best American Essays Newsletter_ Jarek Steele (Colorado Review, Spring 2024) ## [Day 14: "The Olive Branch of Oblivion"](https://bestamericanessays.substack.com/p/day-14-the-olive-branch-of-oblivion) _2025-10-14 · Best American Essays Newsletter_ Linda Kinstler (Liberties, Spring 2024) ## [Day 13: "Navel-Gazing"](https://bestamericanessays.substack.com/p/day-13-navel-gazing) _2025-10-13 · Best American Essays Newsletter_ Namwali Serpell (The Yale Review, Summer 2024) ## [Day 12: "Corona"](https://bestamericanessays.substack.com/p/day-12-corona) _2025-10-12 · Best American Essays Newsletter_ John Jeremiah Sullivan (The Sewanee Review, Spring 2024) ## [Day 11: "A Little Slice of the Moon"](https://bestamericanessays.substack.com/p/day-11-a-little-slice-of-the-moon) _2025-10-11 · Best American Essays Newsletter_ Summer Hammond (New Letters, Winter/Spring 2024) ## [Day 10: "Zeppole (aka Awama)"](https://bestamericanessays.substack.com/p/day-10-zeppole-aka-awama) _2025-10-10 · Best American Essays Newsletter_ Khalil Abusharekh (Your Impossible Voice, Spring 2024) ## [Trade Smarter With IBKR (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/8LE0GNQuRG4B) _2025-10-10 · **Sponsored**_ Join Interactive Brokers through a referral and start investing with low-cost global access. ## [‘Sinners’ in the Hand of an Angry God: Can ‘White’ People Be Saved?](https://uppitynegronetwork.com/2025/06/07/sinners-in-the-hand-of-an-angry-god-can-white-people-be-saved/) _2025-06-08 · the uppity negro · Joshua Lawrence Lazard_ SPOILER ALERT! Ryan Coogler’s Sinners starring Michael B. Jordan is a cinematic ode to Black folks in the Depression-era Mississippi Delta. The cinematography of this movie conjures up Black classic films such as The Color Purple (1985) and even tragicomedy of Life (2000). Unlike these predecessors, Sinners uses magic realism to tell the stories of \[…\]