If you only read 10 essays this year…
…make them these, found in One Hundred Great Essays, edited by Robert DiYanni:
1. “Of Our Spiritual Striving” by W.E.B. DuBois
2. “Never Do That to a Book” by Anne Fadiman
3. “The Landscape of History” by John Lewis Gaddis
4. “Salvation” by Langston Hughes
5. “Portrait of an Ideal World” by H.L. Mencken
6. “Politics and the English Language” by George Orwell
7. “Me Talk Pretty One Day” by David Sedaris
8. “Just Walk on By: Black Men and Public Space” by Brent Staples
9. “University Days” by James Thurber
10. “Once More to the Lake” by E.B. White
unfortunately parts 1&3 are in larger works, and i can’t seem to isolate the section which i read. enjoy.
