Genre: Personal Essays

OLIVER B

      A Concert in Tenafly     I was second on the program for the Schubert trio and last for the Mozart Quartet on the program. Having to enter stage so quickly, I felt like I was just dumped into sizzling water, grabbed out of it, and then stuck into icy water! I’ve Read more…

JESSICA C

JESSICA CHENG 8TH GRADE     Phillip Lopate’s “The Art of the Personal Essay” is a collection of assorted personal essays from amazing and celebrated writers, for example, Wendell Berry and Wole Soyinka. Two great essays from Lopate’s book would have to be Wendell Berry’s “An Entrance to the Woods”, which is a stellar essay Read more…

ELIZABETH W

  Lizzy has been reading “The Art of the Personal Essay” edited by Philip Lopate, for some time now.  It is a lengthy collection of the best personal essays from the past four hundred years.  When she read Edward Hoagland’s “The Courage of Turtles”, Lizzy was inspired to respond to the essay with one of Read more…