List: Essays Worth Rereading | Curated by Jason McBride

Jan 11, 2025
11 stories
Essays Worth Rereading
Felicia C. Sullivan
What Would You Take in a Fire?I live in Los Angeles and I’m terrified.
Jan 10
72
Jan 10
72
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Human Parts
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Jacqueline Dooley
Why Do We Have To Be So Efficient?Imagine what life might be like with no one endlessly yammering on about maximizing your time.
Jul 8, 2023
109
Jul 8, 2023
109
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The Startup
by
Zulie Rane
If You Want to Be a Creator, Delete All (But Two) Social Media PlatformsIn October 2022, during the whole Elon Musk debacle, I finally deleted Twitter from my phone. Around the same time, I also logged out of…
Apr 19, 2023
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Apr 19, 2023
1577
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Master Writing Mechanics
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Felicia C. Sullivan
Why Do You Write?Tell me it’s not about appeasing algorithms and making millions.
Nov 23, 2024
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Nov 23, 2024
111
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Age of Empathy
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Jacqueline Dooley
I Wish the World Was Kinder to ArtistsIt’s hard out here for creative people, but I still love that my daughter is an artist
Apr 21, 2024
51
Apr 21, 2024
51
Sara Benincasa
You Thought You Loved MeI think I was born feeling guilty, which is to say I popped into the world the ideal future Roman Catholic. My parents say that when I was…
May 14, 2023
4
May 14, 2023
4
Sara Benincasa
Love Song for Chicago
Jul 3, 2023
23
Jul 3, 2023
23
Felicia C. Sullivan
Find Me a Place Called HomeAfter a lifetime of traveling and four years living in Airbnbs, I’ve finally found home
Jan 27, 2024
16
Jan 27, 2024
16
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Anything Asia
by
Janice Harayda
The Joy of Haiku — About BaseballYou don’t need an excuse to enjoy an elegant Japanese art form — but if you do, the World Series gives you one
Oct 12, 2021
1
Oct 12, 2021
1
Felicia C. Sullivan
Write Like You’re Holding Your Still-Beating Heart in Your HandsDon’t let clicks, likes, and social media validation determine your worth.
Oct 1, 2024
9
Oct 1, 2024
9
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The Memoirist
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Cole Haddon
A Eulogy for Everything We Never Were (and Never Will Be Again)The story of how writing a screenplay about ‘The Diary of Anne Frank’ convinced me it was time to leave America for good
Oct 21, 2024
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Oct 21, 2024
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