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Oct 22, 2024 • 53min

Selected Essays | The n+1 Editors on the Intellectual Situation

On this bonus episode of Selected Essays, Jess and Zach talk to Dayna Tortorici and Mark Krotov about their new anthology of the best of n+1’s second decade, The Intellectual Situation.Craving more essays? Subscribe to The Point here at 50% off the normal rate.
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Aug 8, 2024 • 37min

Selected Essays | George Scialabba on Michael Walzer

On this episode of Selected Essays, Jess and Zach talk to George Scialabba about Michael Walzer’s "In Defense of Equality," first published in Dissent in 1973.Craving more essays? Subscribe to The Point here at 50% off the normal rate.
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Jul 16, 2024 • 46min

Selected Essays | Emily Ogden on Elizabeth Hardwick

On this episode of Selected Essays, Jess and Zach talk to writer and literary critic Emily Ogden about Elizabeth Hardwick’s "Living in Italy: Reflections on Bernard Berenson," first published in Partisan Review in 1960.Craving more essays? Subscribe to The Point here at 50% off the normal rate.
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Jun 18, 2024 • 51min

Selected Essays | Julian Lucas on Jorge Luis Borges

On this episode of Selected Essays, Jess and Zach talk to Julian Lucas about his essay “Welcome to Armageddon,” published in Cabinet in 2017, and Jorge Luis Borges’s “The Enigma of Edward FitzGerald,” which was written in 1951.Craving more essays? Subscribe to The Point here at 50% off the normal rate.
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May 28, 2024 • 45min

Selected Essays | Greg Jackson on Hannah Arendt

On this episode of “Selected Essays,” Jess and Zach talk with Greg Jackson about his essay “Within the Pretense of No Pretense,” published in issue 31 of The Point, and Hannah Arendt’s “Truth and Politics,” first published in 1967 in the New Yorker.Craving more essays? Subscribe to The Point here at 50% off the normal rate.
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Apr 30, 2024 • 47min

Selected Essays | Michael Clune on Thomas Nagel

On this episode of “Selected Essays,” Jess and Zach talk with Michael Clune abouthis essay “The Anatomy of Panic,” published in Harper's last May and  recently selected for Best American Essays, and Thomas Nagel’s “What Is it Like to Be a Bat?” first published in 1974 in the Philosophical Review.Craving more essays? Subscribe to The Point here and use the coupon code 7POD50at checkout for 50% off.
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Apr 9, 2024 • 36min

Selected Essays | Jennifer Wilson on Viktor Shklovsky

On this episode of “Selected Essays,” Jess and Zach talk with Jennifer Wilson abouther New York Times Book Review essay, “The Love Letters That Spoke of Everything but Love,” and Viktor Shklovsky’s “Art as Device,” first published in 1917.Craving more essays? Subscribe to The Point here and use the coupon code 7POD50at checkout for 50% off.
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Mar 21, 2024 • 53min

Selected Essays | Bonus Episode with Jon Baskin and Rachel Wiseman

On this bonus episode of Selected Essays, Jess and Zach talk to Point editors, Jon Baskin and Rachel Wiseman about two of their favorite essays—Charles Comey's “Against Honeymoons,” and Moeko Fujii’s “Let Them Misunderstand”—and what makes them quintessential Point pieces.
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Mar 19, 2024 • 36min

Selected Essays | Apoorva Tadepalli on Maeve Brennan

On this episode of “Selected Essays,” Jess and Zach talk with Apoorva Tadepalli about Maeve Brennan’s “Lost Overtures” and her Electric Lit essay “It’s Okay to Talk to Me When I’m Trying to Read.”
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Feb 27, 2024 • 43min

Selected Essays | Sumana Roy on Joseph Brodsky

On this episode of “Selected Essays,” Jess and Zach talk with Sumana Roy about Joseph Brodsky’s “Less Than One” and her Caravan essay “We Are All Mamata Now.” Craving more essays? Subscribe to The Point here and use the coupon code 7POD50 at checkout for 50% off.

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