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Pieces of Mind: 30 Great New Essay Collections

"Essay collections offer a unique kind of reader experience, one that can be rewarding in a different way from novels or even other types of nonfiction. Essays often provide multiple angles of attack on a certain theme, providing a kind of literary 3-D effect. Sometimes they work as little first-person short stories. And sometimes they're just funny.
Below is a curated list of 30 recently published essay collections, each offering an assortment of bite-size writing from a particular author (or, in some cases, an invited collection of authors)."
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Let Me Tell You What I Mean (Joan Didion)
Let Me Tell You What I Mean
1
Joan Didion
The 2000s Made Me Gay (Grace Perry)
The 2000s Made Me Gay
2
Grace Perry
Leaving Isn't the Hardest Thing (Lauren Hough)
Leaving Isn't the Hardest Thing
3
Lauren Hough
World Travel (Anthony Bourdain)
World Travel
4
Anthony Bourdain
Girlhood (Melissa Febos)
Girlhood
5
Melissa Febos
A Little Devil in America: Notes in Praise of Black Performance (Hanif Abdurraqib)
A Little Devil in America: Notes in Praise of Black Performance
6
Hanif Abdurraqib
In the Land of the Cyclops (Karl Ove Knausgaard)
In the Land of the Cyclops
7
Karl Ove Knausgaard
How to Slowly Kill Yourself and Others in America (Kiese Laymon)
How to Slowly Kill Yourself and Others in America
8
Kiese Laymon
White Magic (Elissa Washuta)
White Magic
9
Elissa Washuta
The Hard Crowd (Rachel Kushner)
The Hard Crowd
10
Rachel Kushner
A Swim in a Pond in the Rain (George Saunders)
A Swim in a Pond in the Rain
11
George Saunders
Goodbye, Again (Jonny Sun)
Goodbye, Again
12
Jonny Sun
Like Streams to the Ocean (Jedidiah Jenkins)
Like Streams to the Ocean
13
Jedidiah Jenkins
Why Wakanda Matters (Sheena C. Howard)
Why Wakanda Matters
14
Sheena C. Howard
Lolita in the Afterlife (Jenny)
Lolita in the Afterlife
15
Jenny
Who Will Pay Reparations on My Soul? (Jesse McCarthy)
Who Will Pay Reparations on My Soul?
16
Jesse McCarthy
How Far You Have Come (Morgan Harper Nichols)
How Far You Have Come
17
Morgan Harper Nichols
Hungry Hearts (Jennifer Rudolph Walsh)
Hungry Hearts
18
Jennifer Rudolph Walsh
The Anthropocene Reviewed (John Green)
The Anthropocene Reviewed
19
John Green
Spilt Milk (Courtney Zoffness)
Spilt Milk
20
Courtney Zoffness
Southbound (Anjali Enjeti)
Southbound
21
Anjali Enjeti
Homo Irrealis (Andre Aciman)
Homo Irrealis
22
Andre Aciman
Everybody (Else) Is Perfect (Gabrielle Korn)
Everybody (Else) Is Perfect
23
Gabrielle Korn
Pop Song: Adventures in Art and Intimacy (Larissa Pham)
Pop Song: Adventures in Art and Intimacy
24
Larissa Pham
You're Leaving When? (Annabelle Gurwitch)
You're Leaving When?
25
Annabelle Gurwitch
Probable Impossibilities (Alan Lightman)
Probable Impossibilities
26
Alan Lightman
The Book of Difficult Fruit: Arguments for the Tart, Tender, and Unruly (Kate Lebo)
The Book of Difficult Fruit: Arguments for the Tart, Tender, and Unruly
27
Kate Lebo
Earth's Wild Music: Celebrating and Defending the Songs of the Natural World (Kathleen Dean More)
Earth's Wild Music: Celebrating and Defending the Songs of the Natural World
28
Kathleen Dean More
What Unites Us: The Graphic Novel (Dan Rather & Elliott Kirschner)
What Unites Us: The Graphic Novel
29
Dan Rather & Elliott Kirschner
Festival Days (Jo Ann Beard)
Festival Days
30
Jo Ann Beard
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