In this class, we’ll read excerpts from essays that appeared in the Best American Essays 2025 with an eye to their technique, structure, story, voice, and emotion. We’ll study recent trends in essays as well as classic templates, glean everything we can learn from some of the best essayists working today, and leave with some fresh starts and ideas for our own writing.
Note: This is the in-person version of this course. For the Zoom version, register here.
