Essay Daily

Last post on Twitter, most likely. Migrating to bsky, same handle. Find us there. And also we are back in 2025, starting with the 2024 Advent Calendar next month: essaydaily.org/p/the-essay-da…

For Essay Daily I wrote about the power of flash as feminist reclamation, Jamaica Kincaid’s genre-blurring “Girl,” and writing my flash collection ABBREVIATE. essaydaily.org/2025/06/sarah-…

I didn't realize that I was haunted by Roger Casement too until I read @wsjaslattery's essay in the Advent Calendar of @EssayingDaily essaydaily.org/2024/12/dec-25…

we’ve been a bit quiet lately here at Essay Daily but we’re getting things up and running again—check out this winter’s excellent Advent Calendar if you haven’t yet essaydaily.org/p/the-essay-da…

What's the best music-related gift you ever received?

New essay out today at @essaydaily re: the difficulties of translation (Eduardo Galeano) and wearing school uniforms, plus a Christmas Eve pun. Yay. essaydaily.org/2023/12/patric…

Silly me, I tagged the wrong Essay Daily account here on Twitter. Rookie mistake. But here, again, is a link to my essay, out today at @EssayingDaily. Thanks to @wjaslattery and @angermonsoon.

extra special mid-Advent essay delivery

Usually, this time of year @EssayingDaily runs a month-long #Advent calendar, but I think we can all agree that this year is different.

Writing by the Xmas tree this morning, thinking about my @BallState students--present, past, & future--& I pulled up an old advent I wrote for @EssayingDaily. Here's the thing: I was not wrong about @iSmashFizzle, @happiestwerther, & @BrittanyMeansIt. essaydaily.org/2017/12/dec-22…

What is the role of the essay (if any) in a time of genocide? Join us in writing about this! essaydaily.org/2023/11/the-es…

Wrote about Katrina Dodgson’s rollicking and inventive translation of Mario de Andrade’s classic Macunaíma; many thanks to @zerkperkem for his editorial fangs & CRB for publishing it

@legaultd that's essentialist bro

@LLWohlwend sure; the easy fix there is states that have to touch a great lake, unlike...Virginia

Hey #midwessay-ists, what do you think about this shitshow?