There’s a certain kind of personal essay that, for a long time, everybody seemed to hate. These essays were mostly written by women. They came off as unseemly, the writer’s judgment as flawed.

Have personal essays gotten too personal? Yes or no, John Jeremiah Sullivan and others prove the genre's not the exclusive domain of hopeless narcissists ...

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Last month, two personal essays published in New York Magazine's The Cut made their rounds on the internet. One essay was titled, "Should I Leave My Husband?The Lure of Divorce" and the other one ...

The research drills down on what may be the secret sauce for college admissions: When it comes to personal essays, what are colleges and universities looking for? Even experienced admissions officers ...

A mark of a good writer, whether fiction, essay, or poetry, is the ability to unflinchingly illuminate the emotional issues that people often try to suppress. An exemplar is Phillip Lopate, long ...

Student writing an essay. getty. With the free time afforded by summer break, many rising juniors will begin the process of crafting their personal essays for college applications.

Whether college admissions offices are prepared for this new era of A.I.-assisted, or A.I.-produced, personal essays is unclear. By the time ChatGPT reached peak media sensation early this year, ...