My experience at WriCampia was special. Although it wasn’t ideal at first, through many hours of social activity, I began to feel a sense of comfort and solace there. When I awoke on the morning of the day of departure, I was immediately drowned in feelings of annoyance and resentment for the camp that my mother Read more…
Moldy pork The Bay Area seems like a shiny toy, but actually it is a piece of moldy pork – I do not feel prosperous living here, but rather very uneasy. Justice is treated unjustly, those who are given the power of maintaining justice don’t do it, and this needs to stop as soon as Read more…
Hoaglund’s Shell The critic and editor Phillip Lopate has many insights on the personal essay – how it functions, what makes it tick, how it is attractive to readers, and its various unique aspects. In his second aspect of the personal essay (the first is “The Conversational Element”), he defines “Honesty, Confession, and Privacy” as Read more…
Skiing Probs Me and my dad had just skied from the Gold Coast Express lift down to Siberia Express and we were ready to conquer my first-ever black diamond lift and trail. We got in line and waited until our turn to get onto the lift. The chair spun around the humongous gear and hit Read more…
Seneca the Younger and The Art of the Personal Essay, ed. Phillip Lopate “On Noise” is an essay that reveals the musings of a man, known as a classic Stoicist, statesman, dramatist and satirist. Twelve of his essays survive, and in The Art of the Personal Essay editor, Phillip Lopate, four are collected. In this Read more…
