Essay Daily

Enthusiastic conversation & craft talk about the essay & creative nonfiction by amateurs and experts. Find us on bsky instead.

[Essay Daily @EssayingDaily]

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: https://t.co/Gy9uQwuoBC

[SarahFawn Montgomery @SF_Montgomery]

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.

https://t.co/Q1BCl6Zdhz

[Jacqueline Doyle @doylejacq]

I didn't realize that I was haunted by Roger Casement too until I read @wsjaslattery's essay in the Advent Calendar of @EssayingDaily
https://t.co/XUH5NtQ9e3

[Essay Daily @EssayingDaily]

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 https://t.co/tNPwypSCbU

[33 1/3 Books @333books]

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

[Patrick Madden @PCMadden3]

New essay out today at @essaydaily re: the difficulties of translation (Eduardo Galeano) and wearing school uniforms, plus a Christmas Eve pun. Yay.
https://t.co/cnD47cXML3

[Patrick Madden @PCMadden3]

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.

[Essay Daily @EssayingDaily]

extra special mid-Advent essay delivery

[Patrick Madden @PCMadden3]

New essay out today at @essaydaily re: the difficulties of translation (Eduardo Galeano) and wearing school uniforms, plus a Christmas Eve pun. Yay.
https://t.co/cnD47cXML3

[Dave Griffith @poorerthandead]

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

[Jill Christman @jill_christman]

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.

https://t.co/jsyfb3PieF

[Essay Daily @EssayingDaily]

What is the role of the essay (if any) in a time of genocide? Join us in writing about this! https://t.co/esYEyeu2SJ

[Thomas Mira y Lopez @TMiYL]

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

[Essay Daily @EssayingDaily]

@legaultd that's essentialist bro

[Essay Daily @EssayingDaily]

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

[Essay Daily @EssayingDaily]

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

[Terrible Maps @TerribleMaps]

Can't fault this