This week we are pulling from Assay 3.1 for today's article spotlight. Written by Lynn Z. Bloom, "The Great American Potluck Party" draws upon a holiday tradition for metaphor & multiple sources when defining the essay.

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Today we’re shining a spotlight on Marco Wilkinson’s essay Self Speaking World from Assay issue 2.2. In this essay, Wilkinson explores the evolving nature of self-narration in creative nonfiction.

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Today we’re shining a spotlight on Nina Boutsikaris’ essay On Very Short Books, Miniatures, and Other Becomings from Assay issue 5.2.

“Like the writer who inhabits it, there is no one way for an essay book to be a very short book.”

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In our most recent Assay issue, Rhonda Waterhouse unravels Toni Jensen’s essay “Carry” and unpacks the intentionality behind every strand in a braided essay.

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